Dr. Wolfgang Müller, MBA

Partner, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 05 70
wolfgang.muller@mll-legal.com

Profile

Wolfgang Müller focuses on real estate, M&A and capital markets. He heads the firm’s real estate team. Wolfgang Müller joined MLL Legal in 1997 after having successfully completed his MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia and the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, USA.

Wolfgang Müller is, among others, recommended by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 and he is listed by The Legal 500 as a “leading individual” for real estate and construction in Switzerland.

Practice Areas

Industry Groups

Real Estate

Rankings & Awards

Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Wolfgang Müller

IFLR 1000 Highly Regarded Leading Lawyers 2023

Chambers and Partners Europe 2023 Wolfgang Müller

Chambers and Partners Europe 2022 Wolfgang Müller

IFLR 1000 Highly Regarded Leading Lawyers 2022

Legal 500 Comparative Guide Contribution 2022

Chambers and Partners Europe 2021 Wolfgang Müller

Chambers and Partners Europe 2020 Wolfgang Müller

Best Lawyers Recognized in Switzerland 2020

“Wolfgang Müller is very responsive, has a great deal of expertise and can communicate the results of work in an understandable and concise manner”– Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2024
“Wolfgang Müller has been incredibly supportive to our company through difficult periods where other people/firms may have given up on the company. He has a very strong knowledge across corporate law, litigation, personnel matters and general business” – Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2024
“His advice is always precise, pragmatic, constructive, business-oriented and extremely helpful” – Chambers and Partners Europe, Real Estate, 2024
“Wolfgang Müller is very experienced, responsive and efficient, and has attention to detail and great communication” – Chambers and Partners Europe, Real Estate, 2024
“Extremely supportive, pragmatic, fast, cooperative, experienced in equity capital market transactions, solution-oriented, highly committed, cooperative” – IFLR 1000, 2023
“He is a very qualified, unexcited attorney who delivers what is asked” – IFLR 1000, 2023
“Very professional, very pragmatic and innovative; high quality of work” – IFLR 1000, 2023
“I worked with the team of Wolfgang Müller. Very well coordinated and effective” – Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2023
“Wolfgang Müller is very dedicated, reliable and knowledgeable!” – Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2023
“From our work with MLL we single out Dr. Wolfgang Müller in particular because he always answers every question/inquiry entirely. His constructive proposals exceeded our expectations. Dr. Wolfgang Müller is always part of the transaction thinking from our point of view apart of legal aspects to reach a very positive outcome for us as clients” – Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction, 2023
“Wolfgang has deep knowledge of the sector, and is always committed to providing efficient and swift support to his clients” – Chambers and Partners Europe, Real Estate, 2023
“Wolfgang Müller is a well-respected practitioner who earns commendations from peers for his deep transactional and regulatory expertise in real estate law” – Who’s Who Legal, Global Leader Real Estate, 2022
“Wolfgang Müller: available, fast, knowledge of SIX regulations, offers flexible solutions” – Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2022
“Everyone I worked with was very supportive and had excellent knowledge within his or her business field. Wolfgang Müller has an outstanding knowledge and supportive attitude” – Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction, 2022
“Wolfgang Müller finds adequate solutions for all arising issues and puts across legal matters in detail. He is a flexible thinker who can easily adapt to any different situation. We highly appreciate his directness in addressing problems facing the essential and not losing himself in trivial details” – Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction, 2022
“Wolfgang Müller comes highly recommended by respondents as “a highly impressive lawyer for real estate transactions” – Who’s Who Legal, National Leader Construction & Real Estate, 2022
“Wolfgang Müller is an expert in real estate transactions with a wealth of experience advising on high-value property acquisitions” – Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders Construction & Real Estate, 2021
Wolfgang Müller advises on real estate M&A, construction projects and commercial property sales and is “very strong and experienced” – Chambers and Partners, 2021
Wolfgang Müller is “very responsive and solution-oriented. He has creative ideas and is a trustful partner” – Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate & Construction, 2020
“He works with a pragmatic approach and is very reliable” – Legal 500 EMEA, Capital Markets, 2020

Deals & Cases

Advising Burkhalter Holding AG in the merger and takeover of SIX-listed poenina holding ag and the listing of the new Burkhalter shares on SIX Swiss Exchange thereby creating a company with a market cap exceeded CHF 750 million based on the closing share price of 29 June 2022
Advising Swiss Life in the acquisition of a real estate portfolio comprising 26 real properties in 4 cantons for a purchase price of CHF 360.3 million
Advising HIAG Immobilien AG in its rights offering raising about CHF 160 million and the listing of its newly issued shares on SIX Swiss Exchange
Advising Talenthouse in its international cross-border reverse merger into a Swiss listed company, including the issuance and listing of newly issued shares at SIX Swiss Exchange in March 2022
Advising a major Swiss bank and several of its managed vehicles in an asset swap with a big Swiss listed real estate company involving several Swiss real properties and an aggregate deal value exceeding CHF 400 million
Advising a privately held Swiss company regarding its public offering of shares by way of an innovative new structuring and the approval of the related prospectus by the Prospectus Office of SIX Exchange Regulation AG

Education & Admission

MBA at Australian Graduate School of Management, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor, USA (1995-1996)
Admitted to the bar in Switzerland (1993)
University of Zurich, lic. iur., Dr. iur. (1990/1992)