Catrina Luchsinger Gaehwiler > MLL Legal > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

With an emphasis on equity capital market matters, the team at MLL Legal advises especially issuers and investment banks on the full range of capital market transactions, including IPOs, private placements, rights offerings, debt offerings and exchange offers. The offering further includes assisting listed companies with corporate governance and ongoing regulatory matters. Wolfgang Müller and Christoph Heiz are experienced in debt and equity CM transactions and lead the practice with Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler who has know-how in structuring investment products. Andrea Sieber  is well versed in regulated industries.

After joining forces in July 2021, MLL Legal now has a comprehensive banking and finance offering. Areas of expertise are in particular financing structures, banking, securities and asset management regulatory matters, FinTech mandates; real estate investment and structured products, as well as anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler ‘listens patiently, interjects with clarity and wisdom and educates with insight and experience.‘ She leads the team together with Daniel Schoch. Other key members are Alexander Vogel, Karin Oberlin and the London-based Dunja Koch.

Post-merger, MLL Legal can draw upon the expertise of the two former law firms MLL and Froriep resulting in a comprehensive legal services offering. The combined team has profound knowledge in the areas of intellectual property, IT and data privacy matters where Michael Ritscher, Simon Holzer, Nicola Benz and Lukas Bühlmann are key practitioners. In corporate, banking and finance matters, Alexander Vogel, Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler, Andrea Sieber  and Dunja Koch in London are the key individuals. Patricia Guerra acts for private clients and Wolfgang Müller advises real estate clients. Tax expert Marcel Jung and litigation expert Sabina Schellenberg are further key contacts.

Combining the practice groups of legacy firms Froriep and Meyerlustenberger Lachenal, MLL Legal provides ‘highest quality‘ advice to banks, securities firms, digital asset exchanges, payment systems, and other financial institutions on all types of fintech matters. Kilian Schärli ‘handles a huge amount of crypto legal issues brilliantly‘ and Reto Luthiger has ‘great knowledge of the crypto and the regulatory landscape in Switzerland‘. ‘Thought leader‘ Ronald Kogens is noted ‘for his in-depth knowledge‘ of blockchain issues. Alexander Vogel ‘is one of the most knowledgeable persons in Switzerland‘ when it comes to dealing with FINMA and digital assets. The team further includes regulatory expert Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler.