Allens Arthur Robinson has represented the issuer in the initial public offering of the Tishman Speyer Office Fund.

Allens Arthur Robinson partner Jon North led the firm's team, which included partners Warwick Painter and Zeke Solomon.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques, led by partner Shannon Finch, represented Deutsche Bank as the underwriter.

The Tishman Speyer Office Fund is the investment vehicle of Tishman Speyer Australia Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Tishman Speyer of the US. It is the largest privately owned real estate manager in Australia.

The Fund is looking to raise roughly A$600m, which will be used to buy a 45.9% interest in a 12 property US office portfolio. North said there was an "enormous appetite" in Australia for real estate investments, particularly US dollar denominated assets.

The offer opened this Tuesday and is expected to close by end November. North said preparations for the IPO were completed in the "record time" of four weeks. AAR had been advising Tishman on setting up operations in Australia for some months leading up to the IPO.

North said AAR's work on the Galileo Shopping America Trust IPO and ASX listing last year had helped it secure the lead advisor role on the Tishman Speyer IPO. Galileo is a real estate investment trust with a portfolio of more than 50 shopping centres across the US.