Sandra Ezri
Of Counsel
England and Wales Solicitor and New York admitted Attorney-at-law | CIPP/E certified
Sandra Ezri works as Of Counsel for the law firm THEVOZ & Partners. Specialized in data protection, she holds the CIPP/E certificate from the International Association of Privacy Practitioners (IAPP). Sandra Ezri provides data protection advice to Swiss and international companies in all sectors. She helps her clients to comply with current regulations (Swiss, European and English), to set up the required regulatory and contractual documentation, and to manage their governance obligations. In particular, she offers data protection audits, external data protection consultant services and employees training.
Sandra Ezri also advises clients on commercial and contractual law matters, supporting them throughout the life cycle of their business. This includes settin up terms and conditions for their websites, and drafting contracts with their customers, partners and service providers.
With experience gained in financial institutions in Geneva and London throughout her career, Sandra Ezri has developed a solid expertise in financial law, with a particular focus on investment funds and asset managers. She provides regulatory advice to financial institutions assisting them in launching new products and helping them obtain the necessary licenses for their activities.
Sandra Ezri’s working languages are French and English.
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With experience gained in financial institutions in Geneva and London throughout her career, Sandra Ezri has developed a solid expertise in financial law, with a particular focus on investment funds and asset managers. She provides regulatory advice to financial institutions assisting them in launching new products and helping them obtain the necessary licenses for their activities.
Sandra Ezri’s working languages are French and English.
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– Legal advisor of a private client (2020-2021)
– Legal advisor for a non-governmental organization (2019-2022)
– Legal advisor for a financial advisor (2019-2020)
– Legal advisor for Quilter Investors (2018-2019)
– Legal advisor for HSBC (2017-2018)
– Of Counsel for Simmons & Simmons law firm (2015 – 2017)
- Data protection law
- Financial and banking law
- Commercial and contract law
- Representation of a company and its shareholders in a dispute against a publicly owned company regarding a major investment contract in the energy sector.
- Representation of a Swiss shipping brokerage company in labor law and non-competition clause disputes.
- Representation of a group of Swiss and foreign companies in a complex dispute concerning the sale of a group company involving several civil proceedings and criminal proceedings in Switzerland.
- Representation of a Swiss oil trading company in complex criminal proceedings in connection with the hijacking of a cargo ship abroad.
- Representation of an international company and its shareholder in criminal proceedings in Switzerland and obtaining the lifting of a sequestration order concerning large sums of money deposited with Swiss banks.
- Representing an investor in connection with losses incurred in a banking relationship with a major Swiss bank.
- Conducted internal investigations for a large group of companies in Switzerland in connection with suspected illegal and unlawful conduct by employees.
- Representation of several independent doctors and nurses in restitution proceedings brought by health insurer groups represented by santésuisse and tarifsuisse
- Supporting clients in establishing all necessary data protection documentation and governance processes.
- Advising clients on data protection issues.
- Carrying out audits of a client's data protection documentation and governance processes to assess compliance with current legislation and suggest any necessary changes.
- Coordination to establish a register of processing activities (ROPA), supervising the activities of twenty employees in seven departments.
- Training clients' employees on best practices and their obligations in terms of data protection.
- Drafting terms and conditions for various online company products.
- Assisted a client in managing defaults on loans granted to several entities within his group of companies.
- Advising on the distribution of investment funds and setting up the contractual structure for the distribution of investment funds for financial institutions.
- Provided advice to an English client on regulatory changes following Brexit.
- Analyzing regulations on investment funds, fund distribution and the provision of financial services such as financial advisory and fund management in over a hundred different countries.
- Launch of investment funds in various jurisdictions.
- Advising and ensuring compliance of the wealth department of a bank with respect to MIFiD II regulations.
- New Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (Alpha Week 05 June 2023)