MLL Legal, Investment Funds | Chambers Europe Profile

About

Provided by MLL Legal

MLL Legal's investment funds team provides strategic legal guidance to sponsors of both public and private funds, offering deep expertise and a practical, efficient approach to complex legal and regulatory matters. Their areas of focus include structuring cross-border fund set-ups, Swiss fund formations, and licensing with FINMA across various asset classes. They also advise on asset management, advisory, distribution, and custody agreements, as well as compliance and cross-border marketing. Additionally, the team assists with fund registrations, listings on Swiss exchanges, and regulatory approvals for fund management companies and asset managers. Their expertise extends to private equity and venture capital, covering fund structuring, tax, and transactional aspects.

Chambers Review

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Investment Funds - Switzerland

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

MLL Legal assists clients with a wide variety of services such as regulatory advice, marketing issues, foreign fund distribution and fund structuring. The team also has a particular focus on real estate funds work and pension fund asset management. MLL Legal's London office frequently acts alongside its Swiss office to advise UK-based asset managers on Swiss regulatory matters.

Notable practitioners

Dunja Koch, Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler and Reto Luthiger are key client contacts in the practice.

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Work Highlights

Provided by MLL Legal

MLL Legal advised Glenview Capital on the implementation of its Swiss marketing regime, a review of its fund documentation and the negotiation of a global distribution agreement with a Swiss bank.