Ariel Ben Hattar Partner
Attorney at Law

Ariel Ben Hattar
Partner
Attorney at Law
+41 58 450 70 00
ariel.benhattar@lenzstaehelin.com 		Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com

  • Expertise

    Ariel Ben Hattar is a partner at our Geneva office, where he is a member of the Capital Markets and FinTech groups. He regularly advises listed companies, investors and market infrastructure operators on transactional and regulatory matters, including capital market transactions, market conduct and disclosure requirements. His expertise extends to innovation in financial technology and the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets. 

    Ariel is also the secretary of the Executive Committee of the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA) that develops standards for the use of new technologies in this sector.

  • Practices

    Asset Management Banking and Finance Capital Markets Corporate and M&A

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2023Partner at Lenz & Staehelin
    2021General Counsel at Recipharm AB (seconded)
    2016Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    2013Legal officer at Swissquote Bank
    2022University of Oxford (Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy)
    2016Admission to Vaud bar
    2013University of Lausanne (MLaw)
    2011University of Lausanne (BLaw)

  • Specialist Areas

    Capital Markets, FinTech, Public Takeovers, Securities Regulation, Corporate and M&A

  • Languages

    French, English

  • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Commentaire des articles 17 et 18 de la Loi sur les services financiers, in: Richa/Fischer, Commentaire romand de la Loi sur les services financiers, 2022
    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Central Securities Depositaries in the Age of Tokenized Securities, in: CapLaw, Swiss Capital Markets Law, Regulatory, April 2020, 22-27
    • Ben Hattar A., Can publicly available data become insider information?, in: CapLaw, Swiss Capital Market Law, Securities, May 2019, 9-17
    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Equity Capital Markets - Switzerland, in: Lexology Navigator, July 2017
    • Meylan D., Ben Hattar A., Le concept de dérivé dans la LIMF - Les contours flous d'une notion au coeur de la réglementation financière, in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) 2/2018, 205-215
    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Activists - The investors Switzerland loves to hate, in: The Lawyer, Briefings, April 2018
    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Cross-Border Listings of Swiss Companies, in: Best Lawyers, Fall Global Business Edition 2017, 1 September 2017
    • Iffland J., Ben Hattar A., Les Systèmes organisés de négociation, in: GesKR 4/2016, p. 458-469
    • Ben Hattar A., Métille ., Data Protection in the Financial Sector - Switzerland, in: Dataguidance, 2016

  • Contact Details

    Geneva ariel.benhattar@lenzstaehelin.com
    V-Card Full CV

  • Assistant

    Anna-Théodora David anna.david@lenzstaehelin.com

Publications

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Insights

Insights – 02.07.2024

Federal Council proposes changes to key market infrastructure provisions

Federal Council proposes changes to key market infrastructure provisions

On 19 June 2024, the Swiss Federal Council published its proposed revision of the Financial Market Infrastructure Act ("FinMIA"). Among a wide-ranging set of amendments relating to derivatives trading rules and the Swiss market conduct framework, the Federal Council‘s draft bill also includes a range of amendments relating to market infrastructure, including payment systems, central securities depositaries and trading venues, as well as important amendments to the Swiss transaction reporting regime. The draft bill is open for comments until 11 October 2024.

Insights – 23.02.2024

New rules for derivatives and exchange-traded products with crypto-assets as underlying instruments listed on SIX Swiss Exchange

New rules for derivatives and exchange-traded products with crypto-assets…

On February 15, 2024, the Regulatory Board of the SIX Swiss Exchange (the "SIX") announced that it was updating the regulatory framework for crypto-assets as underling instruments for derivatives and exchange-traded products ("ETPs"). The new rules will impact both issuers wishing to list new derivatives or ETPs with crypto-assets as underlying instruments, as well as issuers of products with such underlyings that are currently listed on the SIX. These new rules will come into force on April 1, 2024 with a transitional period of six month for products already listed on the SIX.
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