MLL Legal

Aviation, Aerospace & Shipping, Charity & mission-driven Organisations, Corporate & M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment & Immigration, Banking & Finance, Financial Services Regulation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Private Client, Real Estate, Construction & Environment, Sport, Media & Entertainment

Dmitry Pentsov’s specialisms include banking and finance, international arbitration (with a particular focus on Russia and other republics of the former USSR), corporate and commercial (especially international joint ventures and cross-border transactions governed by Swiss law) and international private client law (wealth transfer and structuring, including trusts, acquisition of aircraft and real estate and relocation to Switzerland).

He has been an associate in our Geneva office since 2006 and became a Partner in 2016. He has extensive legal experience in Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. He has represented foreign investors in joint-venture projects with local companies (banking, oil, gas and other natural resources, transportation, real estate, telecoms), as well as domestic and foreign purchasers, sellers and brokers in connection with the purchase and sale of securities, custodial relationships, creation of investment funds and institutions, and brokerage contracts.  He acted as a counsel in international arbitration (ICC, Swiss Rules, VIAC, amongst others) in various disputes, arising out of the international sale of goods, joint venture agreements as well as distribution agreements. He also acted as counsel in the CAS arbitration.

Russian, English, French and Spanish

Geneva Bar Association (OdaGe) New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) St Petersburg City Bar Association

Admitted to the Bar in Switzerland (2013) Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M.) University of Geneva (MLaw) Admitted to the New York State Bar (2001) Admitted to the St. Petersburg Bar (2001) Law Faculty of St. Petersburg State University