Sarah Mostafa

Sarah Mostafa's practice focuses on banking and financial market law as well as financial market regulation. The focus of her practice is on providing legal advice to asset managers, collective asset managers, collective investment schemes, fund management companies and other financial institutions with respect to their activities in Switzerland, their licensing requirements as well as the offering of financial instruments and financial services in a national and international context. Sarah Mostafa develops optimal solutions for her clients through a strategic, goal-oriented and constructive approach and represents them also in licensing proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA.

As a Swiss lawyer with an Egyptian background, Sarah Mostafa also speaks Arabic and regularly advises individuals and companies from the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) on their activities and transactions with a Swiss connection – in particular on the purchase and sale of real estate, the establishment of companies, the drafting of contracts, applications for work and residence permits, and legal investment and financing issues. Thanks to her bicultural profile, Sarah Mostafa is well qualified to deal with cultural challenges as well as to solve cross-border legal issues in a practice-oriented manner. Sarah Mostafa works closely with leading law firms in the MENA region to ensure efficient support for her clients. With a well-developed local network and interdisciplinary advice, clients' projects are optimally supported.