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MLL Legal Offices
65 rue du Rhône
PO Box 3199
1211 Geneva 3
Switzerland
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Dmitry A Pentsov
Work Department
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
Position
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.
Languages
Russian, English, French and Spanish
Memberships
Geneva Bar Association (OdaGe)
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
St Petersburg City Bar Association
Education
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
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Transport
MLL Legal employs a ‘proactive approach’ to support financial institutions, manufacturers, lessors and operators with matters relating to transport litigation and aircraft financing as well as regulatory and tax issues. The team is co-headed by Dunja Koch, who has expertise in all aviation matters, and Karin Oberlin, who specialises in transportation finance. Dimitri Rotter assists clients in matters concerning aviation tax. Dmitry A Pentsov advises foreign aircrafts on all legal issues relating to its Swiss operations.
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Private client
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public law
- Sports law
- Tax
- Transport
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration