Sarah Bechaalany
Associate
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law
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Associate Dr. iur., Attorney at Law +41 58 450 70 00 sarah.bechaalany@lenzstaehelin.com |
Geneva Route de Chêne 30 CH-1211 Geneva |
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Expertise
Sarah Bechaalany is an associate at our Geneva office, where she is a member of the Banking and Finance group. Her practice focuses on banking and finance, as well as collective investment schemes.
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Specialist Areas
Investment Foundations, Banking and Finance, Asset Management, Collective Investment Schemes, Contract and Commercial -
Practices
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Professional Experience and Education
and Education
2019 Associate at Lenz & Staehelin 2019 Admission to the Geneva Bar 2017 University of Fribourg (Dr. iur., Professor Walther Hug Prize, Vigener Prize) 2016-17 Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg 2014 University of Fribourg (MLaw) 2013 Kings College London and Georgetown University (Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies) 2012 University of Fribourg (BLaw) -
Languages
French, English, German, Italian -
Memberships
Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Member of the Commission for Continuing Legal Education of the Geneva Bar Association, European Law Institute (ELI), Women Lawyers Switzerland -
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Rayroux François, Bechaalany Sarah, Kommentierung von Art. 52-53 FIDLEG, Bahar/Watter (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Finanzdienstleistungsgesetz/ Finanzinstitutsgesetz, Basel 2023
- Rayroux François, Stahler Olivier, Bechaalany Sarah, The New Swiss Unregulated Fund: L-QIF, in: Journal of International Banking Law And Regulation, Thomson Reuters and Contributors, Volume 38, Issue 3, 2023, 109-112
- Rayroux François, Schleiffer Patrick, Vogt Scholler Laurence, Schärli Patrick, Bechaalany Sarah, Financial Services Compliance 2022 - Switzerland, in: Getting the Deal Through, April 2022
- Bechaalany Sarah, Liegeois F., Commentaire des art. 30-32 LBA, in: Cassani/Bovet/Villard (eds.), Commentaire romand, Loi sur le blanchissement d'argent, Basel 2021
- Rayroux François, Bechaalany Sarah, L'attrait des fondations de placement, in: 24 heures, Immobilier, November 2021
- Rayroux François, Vogt Scholler Laurence, Neukomm Frédéric, Bechaalany Sarah, Imbach Haumüller Diana, 5. Kapitel: Kunden- und produktspezifische Spezialregelungen, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
- Bechaalany Sarah, Imbach Haumüller Diana, Bischof Elias, Lenoir Gehl Yvonne, 1. Kapitel: Grundlagen, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
- Bechaalany Sarah, Schleiffer Patrick, Vogt Scholler Laurence, Meylan Delphine, Mdaghri Samira, 4. Kapitel: Asset Manager als Finanzinstitute - Bewilligung und Aufsicht, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
- Bechaalany Sarah, Gabellon Adrien, La responsabilité du conseil de fondation envers l'institution de prévoyance, in: GesKR 1/2020, 101-112
- Bechaalany Sarah, Favre P., Le risque concurrence et sa gestion par le conseil d'administration d'une société anonyme, in: GesKR 2019, 83 et seqq.
- Bechaalany Sarah, Les fondations de placement : acteur de la construction, in: BR/DC 2018, 85 et seqq.
- Bechaalany Sarah, Zufferey J.-B., Banking and Financial market regulation, in: Kälin Christian H., Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook, 4th edition, Sinzheim 2017, 559 et seqq.
- Bechaalany Sarah, Les fondations de placement : du droit privé au droit public, in: Th. Fribourg, Geneva/Zurich/Basel 2017
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Contact Details
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Other Activities
- Deputy judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
Publications
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Kommentierung von Art. 52-53 FIDLEG
Bahar/Watter (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Finanzdienstleistungsgesetz/ Finanzinstitutsgesetz, Basel 2023
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The New Swiss Unregulated Fund: L-QIF
in: Journal of International Banking Law And Regulation, Thomson Reuters and Contributors, Volume 38, Issue 3, 2023, 109-112