Encore Plus Fund (BDL:037254479) managed by LaSalle Investment Management Inc. and Aviva Investors Global Services Limited acquired a 14,100 square meter building 'Gravity' in Kirchberg from Commerzbank AG (DB:CBK) on January 23, 2017. Linklaters advised Commerzbank on the sale, through a share deal, of its office building (Gravity) in Luxembourg to Encore+, a pan-European investment fund managed by Aviva Investors and LaSalle Investment Management. This is the first acquisition for Encore+ in Luxembourg. The property owning company, originally a German GmbH, had in 2016, prior to completion of the sale, migrated by means of cross-border conversion from Germany to Luxembourg, adopting the form of a Luxembourg SARL. This is the first known example for such a cross-border conversion from Germany into Luxembourg, requiring profound legal analysis and close cooperation with public authorities in Germany and Luxembourg. Baker & McKenzie LLP acted as legal advisor, KPMG LLP acted as accountant and SOCOTEC acted as business advisor to LaSalle Investment Management. CBRE acted as real estate advisor to LaSalle Investment Management. Manfred Müller, Anton Cox, Florence Forster, Simone Schmitt, Olivier Van Ermengem, Danièle Buchler, Jann Jetter, Martin Mager, Keve Kovács and Wolfgang Kraue of Linklaters acted as legal advisor to Commerzbank. Encore Plus Fund (BDL:037254479) managed by LaSalle Investment Management Inc. and Aviva Investors Global Services Limited completed the acquisition of a 14,100 square meter building 'Gravity' in Kirchberg from Commerzbank AG (DB:CBK) on January 23, 2017.