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MLL Legal’s proficiency in the corporate and commercial arena extends from public tender offers and private equity transactions to asset and share acquisitions and corporate governance. The ‘extremely competent’ team covers a diverse range of sectors, including TMT, real estate and retail, among others. Practice co-head Alexander Vogel is experienced in handling distressed M&A and corporate finance, while fellow practice head Andrea Sieber's strengths lie in corporate governance and private equity, among other areas. Mona Stephenson and Daniel Schoch are also key members of the practice.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘They are extremely competent and responsive in providing commercial advice.'

  • ‘Alexander Vogel is extremely responsive, with a constructive, commercial approach.’

  • ‘Good diversity in the team. They have strong leadership, clear communication, trust and accountability.'

  • ‘Andrea Sieber is more than a lawyer with comprehensive legal knowledge: she has a great understanding of industries, companies, and business management, as well as economics.’

  • ‘Very responsive. Willing to go above and beyond to get the job done.'

  • ‘Andrea Sieber is smart and tough without being antagonistic. I've had the pleasure of working with Andrea on a few projects and can recommend her without qualification.'

  • ‘Andrea Sieber is the lawyer to go to. Very efficient with a deal-maker mentality while being a tough negotiator at the same time. She is extremely reliable and responsive. I would wholeheartedly recommend her for any M&A transaction.'

  • ‘Mona Stephenson is really responsive, very pragmatic and business oriented. As she has a very good understanding of our business, she always finds the right advice.’

Key clients

  • 3M Schweiz
  • Allegis, UK
  • Alven Capital
  • Amphenol Corporation
  • Aposwiss GmbH
  • Atlas Tapes
  • Authenta AG
  • Backed Finance AG/Backed Assets AG
  • Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) SA
  • BASF Venture Capital GmbH
  • BFW Holding AG
  • Bigtincan Holdings Limited
  • Calida Holding AG
  • Capital Transmission SA
  • Cargopack Group AG
  • Central Real Estate Holding AG and Central Real Estate Basel AG
  • Chocolats et Cacaos Favarger SA
  • Clinical Research Ventures
  • Crest Rock Partners
  • Crypto Finance AG
  • Dassault Aviation
  • DentaCore AG
  • Deutsche Private Equity
  • Dufour Aerospace AG
  • Earthworm Foundation
  • EuroChem Group AG
  • EIM Executive Interim Management AG
  • Global-e
  • Goebel Capital LLC
  • Graf & Partner Versicherungsbroker AG
  • Group of private investors, represented by Sven Hansen, regarding NextWind Capital
  • Group of private sellers of Elpto Group AG
  • H&H Group
  • IGP 3T SA
  • Invenda Group AG
  • Jolt Capital SAS
  • Julius Baer Group AG
  • Knorr-Bremse AG
  • Labster Group APS
  • Lakeward real estate group
  • Lenze SE
  • Les Bains de Lavey SA
  • Martello Technologies Corporation
  • Merz Pharma
  • Meyer Burger Technology AG
  • Miltenyi Biotech B.V. & Co. KG
  • Mövenpick Group
  • Müller-Steinag Holding AG
  • Nature's Way Brands
  • NBC Global AG
  • Nexira SAS
  • Perrigo Company plc
  • Piscai AG
  • Polygon Schweiz AG
  • Price (f)X AG
  • Private sellers of ancosys GmbH
  • Raiffeisen Informatik
  • rHocesa Holing AG
  • Semtech (International) AG
  • Shareholders of i-surance AG
  • Shinsegae International
  • SIC Group AG
  • Sipchem Europe SA
  • Swiss International Air Lines AG
  • Swiss KMU Partners AG/SIC Group AG
  • Swisscom Ventures
  • The Capital Markets Company Sàrl
  • Trifork Holding AG
  • TVS Motor Company
  • TX Group AG
  • Unyversal Technologies AG
  • Utopia Music AG
  • voestalpine High Performance Metals
  • WhatRocks Foundation
  • Wienerberger AG
  • Wingman AG
  • XPRIZE Foundation
  • yes.com
  • Zalando SE

Work highlights

  • Advised Liontrust Asset Management PLC on the CHF 130m acquisition of GAM Holding AG, which required navigating complex Swiss takeover law issues and securing a bridge financing arrangement.
  • Advised Utopia Music AG on its international acquisition strategy and multimillion-euro financing round.
  • Provided counsel to Clinical Research Ventures, a global life sciences investor based in Boston, USA, on its investment in the Series C financing round of BioVersys AG.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrea Sieber, Alexander Vogel

Other key lawyers

Mona Stephenson, Daniel Schoch, Frédéric Cottier, Sergio Bortolani, Karin Oberlin, Nadine von Büren-Maier, Mattias Johnson, Mark Montanari