Sarah Bechaalany Associate
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law

Sarah Bechaalany
Associate
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law
+41 58 450 70 00
sarah.bechaalany@lenzstaehelin.com 		Geneva
Route de Chêne 30
CH-1211 Geneva
www.lenzstaehelin.com

  • 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.

  • Practices

    Asset Management Banking and Finance Commercial and Contracts

  • Professional Experience and Education

    and Education

    2019Associate at Lenz & Staehelin
    2019Admission to the Geneva Bar
    2017University of Fribourg (Dr. iur., Professor Walther Hug Prize, Vigener Prize)
    2016-17Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg
    2014University of Fribourg (MLaw)
    2013Kings College London and Georgetown University (Certificate in Transnational Legal Studies)
    2012University of Fribourg (BLaw)

  • Specialist Areas

    Investment Foundations, Banking and Finance, Asset Management, Collective Investment Schemes, Contract and Commercial

  • 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

    • Bechaalany S., Les fondations de placement, in: Guide pratique des placements collectifs immobiliers, Schulthess Verlag, 2ème édition, Genève/Zurich, 2024
    • Rayroux F., Bechaalany S., Kommentierung von Art. 52-53 FIDLEG, Bahar/Watter (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Finanzdienstleistungsgesetz/ Finanzinstitutsgesetz, Basel 2023
    • Rayroux F., Stahler O., Bechaalany S., 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 F., Schleiffer P., Vogt Scholler L., Schärli P., Bechaalany S., Financial Services Compliance 2022 - Switzerland, in: Getting the Deal Through, April 2022
    • Bechaalany S., Liegeois ., Commentaire des art. 30-32 LBA, in: Cassani/Bovet/Villard (eds.), Commentaire romand, Loi sur le blanchissement d'argent, Basel 2021
    • Rayroux F., Bechaalany S., L'attrait des fondations de placement, in: 24 heures, Immobilier, November 2021
    • Rayroux F., Vogt Scholler L., Neukomm F., Bechaalany S., Imbach Haumüller D., 5. Kapitel: Kunden- und produktspezifische Spezialregelungen, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
    • Bechaalany S., Imbach Haumüller D., Bischof E., Lenoir Gehl Y., 1. Kapitel: Grundlagen, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
    • Bechaalany S., Schleiffer P., Vogt Scholler L., Meylan D., 4. Kapitel: Asset Manager als Finanzinstitute - Bewilligung und Aufsicht, in: Asset Management im neuen regulatorischen Umfeld, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 2021
    • Bechaalany S., Gabellon A., La responsabilité du conseil de fondation envers l'institution de prévoyance, in: GesKR 1/2020, 101-112
    • Bechaalany S., Favre ., Le risque concurrence et sa gestion par le conseil d'administration d'une société anonyme, in: GesKR 2019, 83 et seqq.
    • Bechaalany S., Les fondations de placement : acteur de la construction, in: BR/DC 2018, 85 et seqq.
    • Bechaalany S., Zufferey ., Banking and Financial market regulation, in: Kälin Christian H., Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook, 4th edition, Sinzheim 2017, 559 et seqq.
    • Bechaalany S., Les fondations de placement : du droit privé au droit public, in: Th. Fribourg, Geneva/Zurich/Basel 2017

  • Other Activities

    • Deputy judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court

  • Contact Details

    Geneva sarah.bechaalany@lenzstaehelin.com
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  • Other Activities

    • Deputy judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court

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