MLL Legal‘s regulatory, fintech, and DLT practice group has longstanding experience of advising banking clients as well as start-ups in all fintech legal matters, including in relation to corporate, financial, regulatory, and litigation considerations. Specifically, it regularly advises banks, security firms, digital assets exchanges, payment systems, and other financial institutions. The firm stands out for its expertise in IP, IT, e-commerce, and data privacy matters. Kilian Schärli is managing partner of the firm and specialises in blockchain technology matters. Reto Luthiger regularly advises and represents domestic and international traditional finance, fintech and crypto clients in financial markets regulatory and civil law matters.
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Témoignages
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‘A team with broad expertise and many years of experience in a range of different areas, which is a major plus. ’
‘Very easy to reach, even outside of normal business hours. Fast and professional, a truly reliable partner for any business owner.’
‘Reto Luthiger is a widely acknowledged financial services regulatory expert with a particular focus on AML regulations.’
‘Very attentive team that provides hands-on immediate turnaround. Highly capable and provides solid advice. Good knowledge of regulations and regulators' thinking.’
‘Great and in-depth expertise in blockchain and IP.'
‘Kilian Schärli: very knowledgable, well connected, great solutions and responsive.’
‘Reto Luthiger is an outstanding individual. He is connected to all key players in Switzerland which is very helpful as a client.’
Clients clés
- Backed Finance AG
- Pyth Data Association
- Artex MTF AG
- SR Saphirstein AG (“Fiat24”)
- Twint AG
- LayerZero Labs
- Kraken (Payward)
- Amina Bank AG (former name: SEBA Bank AG)
- Crypto Finance AG
- Bitcoin Suisse SA
Points forts
- Advising Pyth Data Association – one of the largest and most reliable oracle networks delivering real-time market data for crypto, equities, FX and commodities - on its launch and daily operations.
- Advising Backed Assets on the structuring, the launch and daily operations of a program of tokenized structured products from Switzerland, with a full EU prospectus through Liechtenstein, and the move of its issuing entity to Jersey via a cross-border merger.
- Advising LayerZero, a key blockchain infrastructure provider that launched the LayerZero protocol, an omnichain interoperability protocol that enables the realization of cross-chain applications.
Avocats
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Responsable de la pratique
Kilian Schärli; Reto Luthiger
Autres avocats clés
Andrea Trost; Arnaud Martin; Alexander Vogel