Real Estate Finance
Advising lenders, borrowers and investors on domestic and cross-border real estate financings, refinancings and restructurings means that you can benefit from our excellent overview of the aims and needs of different market participants.
Advisory specialisations
- Real estate financings, refinancings and restructurings
- Advising lenders, borrowers and investors
- Debt and equity participation in real estate-related transactions in domestic and international markets.
- Development financing
- Construction financing
- Mezzanine financing
- Syndication and securitization
- Mortgage loans
- Sale and leasebacks
- Sales, purchases and financings of commercial mortgages portfolios
- Real estate funds (advising on the complete life cycle of a real estate fund from structuring and establishment, fund investments through to exit strategies)
Other relevant areas
Real Estate M&A | Structuring | Project Development | Rental & Lease Agreements | Real Estate Litigation
Team
“They respond very quickly and efficiently, proposing adequate solutions for complex problems”
Publications
Neuer Schub für das Energiespar-Contracting
IMMO'23 Magazin DEU, S. 92, 12. Dezember 2022- DE
Real Estate 2022 – Switzerland
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides 2022, Legalease Ltd, 1 December 2022- EN
- Wolfgang Müller
- Cosima Trabichet-Castan
- Jacques Johner
- Laure-Lye Pillonel
Transaktionen in unsicheren Zeiten
Tages-Anzeiger, FOKUS Bau und Immobilien 2022, 10. Juni 2022- DE
Les grands travaux dans la propriété par étages
ARPPE – Alliance Romande des Propriétés Par Etages, Newsletter 02 - Deuxième semestre 2021- FR
Firm News
Cosima Trabichet-Castan | Speaking engagement | immoTable Conference in Geneva | 27 June 2024
MLL Legal ranked in Leaders League Switzerland 2023
News Portal
Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities
On 22 May 2024 the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the new Transparency Act for Legal Entities to be submitted to the Swiss parliament. The bill introduces a new federal register of beneficial owners of legal entities as well as new due diligence duties for risky activities in the legal profession, following the purpose of enhancing effectiveness of the Swiss framework for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Furthermore, the bill aims compliance with international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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The new Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF) – What is it and who is it for?
Following our recent newsletter contributions on this topic, please be informed about key developments regarding a new structuring option for collective investment schemes (funds) in Switzerland, the so-called «L-QIF«, that offers attractive opportunities, in particular for banks, pension funds, and Swiss-based family offices.
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Draft Amendment to the Federal Law on Second Homes (Lex Weber)
On 3 November 2022, the Environment, Spatial planning, and Energy Committees of the National Council (ESPEC/NC) presented a preliminary draft amendment to the Federal Act on Second Homes of March 20, 2015 (SHA, RS 702) to relax the conditions for the expansion, conversion or reconstruction of buildings erected under the old law, i.e., before 11 March 2012, in municipalities with a rate of second homes that exceeds 20 percent.1
Only article 11 of the SHA is affected by this draft, without affecting other articles of the law or the ordinance.
The consultation runs until 17 February 2023.
If adopted, this revision of the SHA is good news for owners of buildings erected under the old law, in municipalities with more than 20% second homes, as they will have more freedom to modify their properties.
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The Duty of Due Diligence under the Responsible Business Initiative – a Change-Maker?
On 29 November 2020 Swiss citizens will vote on the Responsible Business Initiative (Initiative pour des multinationales responsables / Konzernverantwortungsinitiative).
The Responsible Business Initiative (the Initiative) proposes a new due diligence obligation for Swiss-based large companies as well as a liability provision to hold them accountable for human rights and environmental violations made abroad by controlled companies.
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Responsible Business Initiative – a Change-Maker for Corporate Liability?
On 29 November 2020 Swiss citizens will vote on the Responsible Business Initiative (Initiative pour des multinationales responsables/ Konzernverantwortungsinitiative).
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