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MLL Legal provides a wide range of legal services to financial institutions, funds, investors, and private individuals from regulatory advice, such as license requests, to complex financing transactions, including asset lending and acquisition financing. The team is headed by Dmitry A Pentsov, whose practice covers syndicated loans, pre-export financing, and other similar transactions, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe, and Mona Stephenson, who advises Swiss and international companies, banks and corporations on national and international debt financing, private equity, corporate governance and commercial contracts. Jean-Luc Herbez, Bernard Lachenal, and Alain Le Fort are further key contacts.

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  • ‘The team is prepared in every field, so if you turn to them, you can be sure that your case will be entrusted to the best professional.’

  • ‘Mona Stephenson is always available to give clarifications and does so in a simple way for those without legal expertise.’

  • ‘The banking & finance practice at MLL Legal has consistently gone above and beyond our expectations. Their professionalism, expertise, and dedication proved to us that we made the right decision to start working with them.’

  • ‘The attorneys with whom we worked showed great professionalism and dedication to their work. They coped well with everything that was required of them.’

Key clients

  • Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) SA
  • Geremant SA
  • Global Keys SA
  • ING Bank, N.V. London Branch
  • Longbow Finance SA
  • OTP Bank PLC, Hungary
  • Swiss Bridge Capital
  • Passy Invest SA
  • Investa Solutions SA
  • Claritis SA
  • Reznik Paz Nevo Trusts Ltd.
  • EuroChem Group AG

Work highlights

  • Regularly advised EuroChem Group AG on Swiss law aspects of its cross-border financial transactions, notably, revolving credit facilities and syndicated loans.
  • Advised ING Bank N.V., London branch, on Swiss law aspects of a multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement, concluded between, among others, MET Holding AG and ING Bank N.V.
  • Advised Reznik Paz Nevo Trusts Ltd. on all aspects of creating and perfecting securities interests in shares (i.e. in intermediated securities) and monies deposited in certain Swiss bank accounts.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dmitry A. Pentsov, Mona Stephenson

Other key lawyers

Jean-Luc Herbez, Bernard Lachenal, Alain Le Fort, Léonard Stoyanov, Grégoire Schafroth