White & Case LLP has advised Infracapital, the leading European infrastructure investor managed by M&G Investment Management, the European investment management arm of Prudential plc, and InfraVia Capital Partners, an investment manager dedicated to the infrastructure sector, on the acquisition of Gruppo Investimenti Portuali S.p.A. (GIP).

GIP is a leading container port operator in northern Italy, holding majority and minority stakes in several container terminal concessions in major Italian ports including Genoa, Livorno and Venice.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Michael Immordino (Milan & London), Leonardo Graffi (Milan) and Caroline Sherrell (London), and associates Alessandro Seganfreddo, Sara Scapin, Andrea Pretti, Valerio Di Mascio (all Milan), Edward Higbee and Thomas Cambidge (both London).