Frédérique Bensahel
Switzerland
FBT Avocats
Rue du 31-Décembre 47
P.O. Box 6120
CH – 1211 Geneva 6
Tel: +41 22 849 60 40
Email:
fbensahel@fbt.ch
Web:
www.fbt-avocats.ch
Frédérique Bensahel is considered as a leading lawyer in the banking and financial sector in Switzerland.
As Partner at FBT and head of its Banking and Finance group, Frédérique Bensahel advises Swiss and foreign financial institutions, in particular banks, asset managers, brokers, dealers as well as investment funds and fund managers on all regulatory and contractual issues. Frédérique Bensahel’s practice covers, in particular, fund and structured product distribution. Her activities also extend to civil financial litigation and regulatory proceedings.
Frédérique Bensahel is a member of the STEP association and has a broad experience in wealth planning and trustee regulations.
Frédérique Bensahel is the author of numerous publications in the field of financial regulation and investment funds and co-edited the Stämpfli Commentary of the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA). She is regularly invited to participate as speaker in conferences in the field of financial regulation and investment funds.
She is recommended by Chambers & Partners as a leading lawyer with regard to banking and finance law and investment funds (“Very available, analytical, professional and a good communicator”, Chambers 2017). IFLR considers her as an expert in Banking & Finance Law and Legal500 as an expert in Banking Law (“Practice head Frédérique Bensahel is very smart, pragmatic and solution-oriented”, Legal500 2017).
Who’s Who Legal recognizes Frédérique Bensahel as a specialist for legal questions related to Investment Management (“Thoroughly impressive lawyer, savvy and experienced, she is known for keenly protecting clients’ best interests”, WWL 2016) and is noted by Best Lawyer for her skills in financial law.
Chambers, Legal500 and Citywealth also recognise her as a leading lawyer in the field of Private Clients (“Bright and personable. A dynamic combination”, Citywealth 2016). Finally, she features among the Top 200 IFC Citywealth Power Women since 2015.
- Geneva Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Association genevoise de droit des affaires (AGDA)
- Association of International Business Lawyers (AIBL)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Société genevoise de droit et de législation (SGDL)
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Swiss Funds and Asset Management Association (SFAMA)
- Geneva Fintech Association (GFA)
The banking and finance group advises:
- Banks and securities dealers
- Investment funds, fund managers, fund management companies, representatives and investor groups
- Distributors of funds, structured products and insurance products
- Commercial and industrial companies and international organisations in their financing problems
- Independent asset managers
- Trustees, audit companies and fiduciary companies
Founded in 1993, FBT Attorneys-at-Law (FBT) is a multidisciplinary law firm, based in Geneva and Paris, which operates in the financial and commercial sectors as well as in niche activities, with a predominantly cross-border dimension.
FBT lawyers and tax advisers have worked in banks, multinational companies, international trust companies, family offices, notary offices and law firms, in Switzerland, in France and in other countries.
These French-Swiss teams routinely work at the most exacting level to assist their clients in their domestic and cross-border operations.
Owing to the quality of its network of lawyers outside Switzerland, FBT long ago developed a proven capacity for mobilizing and coordinating specialized teams in different countries.
This work has enabled FBT to distinguish itself in cross-border transactions.
Thus, the abilities and experience required by the ever more complex legal challenges facing our Swiss and foreign clients converge in a single law firm.