Baker McKenzie assisted Savills Investment Management SGR in the operation for increasing the real estate area of Comparto Centronord of the multi-sector real estate AIF called "Mercury", managed by Savills IM, through a transfer operation of a portfolio of eight supermarkets located between Emilia Romagna and Lombardy.

Baker McKenzie, with a multidisciplinary team coordinated by partner Alessandro Matteini, acted as transactional law firm following all the operation's legal profiles and, in particular, with counsel Francesco Florenzano for the tax profiles, with counsel Giorgio Telarico for the aspects relating to the negotiation of financial documentation and with senior associate Mario Cigno for the administrative law aspects.

Banco BPM, the financing bank for the operation, was assisted by Law Firm McDermott Will and Emery with a team composed of Giancarlo Castorino (partner), Pierandrea Bonali (counsel) and associates Antida Cutuli and Francesca Bonasio.