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MLL Legal

Investment Funds

Europe Guide 2026 : Switzerland

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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.

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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, Reto Luthiger and Jérôme Pidoux are key client contacts in the practice.

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Work Highlights

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  • MLL Legal advised Macquarie Capital on the implementation of its marketing regime in Switzerland.

Strengths

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  • Our team at MLL Legal is extremely responsive and its answers are helpful and creative.

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  • The team proactively manages clients' expectations and is pragmatic in its handling of issues that are challenging to clients.

    Investment Funds respondentEurope

  • MLL Legal is clearly used to dealing with highly sophisticated clients using complex structures.

    Investment Funds respondentEurope

  • Team members are real funds experts. They are very familiar with market practice as well as the black letter of the law.

    Investment Funds respondentEurope

  • MLL Legal gives very practical advice, taking into account our size and complexity.

    Investment Funds respondentEurope

Members

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  • Dunja Koch

    Head of Department

  • Reto Luthiger

  • Marc Schamaun

  • Ülkü Cibik

  • Jérôme Pidoux

  • Christoph Heiz

  • Andrea Trost

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