MLL Legal
Capable of handling international cross-border mandates, MLL Legal demonstrates notable expertise in IPOs, private placements, rights and debts offerings as well as exchange offers. Praised by clients for its ‘excellent cooperation’, the practice is regularly entrusted to assist issuers and investment banks on complex transactions. Wolfgang Müller and Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler jointly helm the team, with the latter focusing on structuring investment products. Christoph Heiz has recently handled bond restructurings and capital market regulatory matters, while Andrea Sieber is notably active in regulated industries, as well as the entertainment, retail and luxury field. Mark Montanari and Daniel Schoch are other key names to note.
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Testimonials
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‘Collaboration works well. Work is not duplicated, but efficiently divided between work product creation and review.’
‘Wolfgang Müller is very responsive, has a great deal of expertise and can communicate the results of work in an understandable and concise manner.’
‘The team covers all of our needs, has a high level of competence and is responsive.’
‘Wolfgang Müller has been incredibly supportive to our company through difficult periods where other people/firms may have given up on the company. He has a very strong knowledge across corporate law, litigation, personnel matters and general business.’
Key clients
- Allreal Holding AG
- Burkhalter Holding AG
- Calida Holding AG
- DOTTIKON ES HOLDING AG
- HIAG Immobilien Holding AG
- Iconic Funds BTC ETN GmbH
- Liontrust Asset Management PLC
- Meyer Burger Technology AG
- Nova Property Fund Management AG
- Novavest Real Estate AG
- Schlatter Industries AG
- Senioresidenz AG
- Talenthouse AG
- Trifork Holding AG
- VanEck
Work highlights
- Advising UK-based Liontrust Asset Management PLC in its widely observed public exchange offer for all shares of SIX-listed GAM Holding AG; the offer prospectus was published on 13 June 2023.
- Advised Burkhalter Holding AG in the merger and takeover of SIX-listed poenina holding ag and the listing of the new Burkhalter shares on SIX Swiss Exchange thereby creating a company with a market cap exceeded CHF 750m based on the closing share price of 29 June 2022.
- Advised Allreal Holding AG in the issue of a 5-year green bond at 3% p.a., issue price 100.057%, in the amount of CHF 150m in April 2023. Zürcher Kantonalbank, Credit Suisse and UBS acted as joint bookrunners.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Wolfgang Müller, Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler