Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Sullivan & Cromwell have landed roles on German real estate group LEG's initial public offering (IPO), expected to raise in excess of €1bn (£838m).

The listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is due to take place in early February, and is expected to value the Duesseldorf-based housing company at more than €2.5bn (£2.1bn), according to market analysts.

LEG, one of the largest housing companies in Germany, is responsible for around 91,000 housing units.

Shares will be publically offered to private investors in Germany and to institutional investors nationally and internationally by way of a private placement.

Skadden Frankfurt capital markets partners Stephan Hutter and Katja Kaulamo, both of whom joined the firm from Shearman & Sterling last year, advised joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.

Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Street Real Estate fund owns a majority stake in LEG.

Sullivan advised the issuer LEG, with Frankfurt capital markets partner Carsten Berrar leading on German law, and London-based corporate finance partner David Rockwell advising on US matters.

Speaking on the current state of European capital markets, Hutter said: "It doesn't take much on the political front to then shut it down again, but at the moment there is as good a sentiment as we've seen in the last 18 months."

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