Baker McKenzie advised Burberry, a British luxury brand, headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange, in the acquisition of a business from longstanding Italian supplier, Pattern S.p.A., one of the leading players in the engineering, development, prototyping and production of clothing lines for the world’s most prestigious high-end brands in the catwalk segment and in men’s and women’s first-level lines. Burberry will acquire the Turin plant’s business unit dedicated to the engineering and production of Burberry products

Baker McKenzie acted as legal advisor to the Burberry group with a team coordinated by partner Pietro Bernasconi, with counsel Anna Marina De Vivo, assisted by associate Luisa Galeotti as well as counsel Vincenzo Di Gennaro and associate Noemi Cauzzo for labour law aspects.

Pattern was assisted by the international law firm Gianni & Origoni.