Firm references — BENSAID AVOCATS Geneva

Firm references

Firm references.

The firm handled 22 major matters in 2025 across five jurisdictions, for an aggregate structured-finance volume of EUR 850M and approximately EUR 3bn of assets under administration or fiduciary mandate. Selection below of publicly known operations — the rest remains covered by professional privilege.

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01 · 2025 key figures

2025 as viewed from our legal vaults.

€850M
Cumulative structured-finance volume, 2025.
22
Major matters handled by the Geneva office.
€240M
Largest UHNWI mandate currently under administration.
€3bn
Assets under administration or fiduciary mandate.
02 · Public operations

Five flagship architectures.

Matters whose existence has been reported in the press or a public decision. Certain details remain covered by professional privilege.

Paris

91 avenue des Champs-Élysées

Haussmannian prestige building on the Champs-Élysées. The firm advised the investors on a structured-finance transaction coordinated between France, Luxembourg and the United States.

Investors' counsel · Press source
Paris

48 Notre-Dame des Victoires

Office building in the historic Vivienne-Bourse district (2nd arrondissement). The firm acted as investors' counsel on a France-Luxembourg acquisition.

Investors' counsel · Press source
Marseille

La Valentine shopping centre

Landmark retail asset of east Marseille, divested in 2024 by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The firm acted as bondholders' counsel and structuring counsel on the operation.

Bondholders' counsel · Structuring counsel · Press source
Miami

The Hamilton

Emblematic bayfront residential tower in Miami. Signature architecture, several hundred apartments, high-end amenities. A trophy asset of the Florida residential market. The firm advised the investors on the financing side.

Investors' counsel · FR · USA · Press source
$58M · New York

Christie's · F.-X. Lalanne collection

Orchestration via a dedicated French-law fiduciary vehicle of a Christie's New York auction of one of the finest private collections of François-Xavier Lalanne's work. Transatlantic tax coordination.

FR · USA · Press source
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Matters covered by professional privilege

In addition to the five matters above, the firm carried seventeen other major operations in 2025 that cannot be identified. We discuss them in meetings, under mutual engagement.

Strict confidentiality

What this page does not say.

The majority of our matters are covered by professional privilege and the confidentiality undertakings we sign with our clients. These references illustrate the technicity of the practice, not its scale. Scale is discussed in meetings, never on a website.

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