Sabine SIMKHOVITCH-DREYFUS
Born in 1953
Practice areas :
- Corporate, Commercial and Contract Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Non-Profit
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Civil rights
Languages :
- French
- English
- German and Swiss German
- Hebrew
Education :
- 1972-1974 : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, political science and international relations
- 1977 : University of Geneva, law degree
- 1979 : Bar admission
- 2021 : Specialist Swiss Bar Association in estate law
- 2021 : CAS mediation University of Fribourg
Professional experience :
During three years, she worked as an research and teaching assistant of Prof. Alain Hirsch, University of Geneva in corporate law. From 1977 to 1992 she started her career as a lawyer with Baker & McKenzie, Geneva, first as an associate and then as a partner. She pursued her practice from 1993 to 2006 as a partner of Izbicki & Simkhovitch-Dreyfus and from 2007 to 2019 of Cabinet Mayor before integrating Budin Partners as partner in 2020.
Memberships :
- Geneva Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Geneva Association of Business Law
- 2008-2019 : Vice-President of the Federal Commission against Racism.
- 2009-2020 : Vice-President of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Comunities
Publications
« Kritische Überlegungen zu den Anerkennungssystemen ». In : « Staatliche Anerkennung von Religionsgemeinschaften », Freiburger Veröffentlichungen zum Religionsrecht, Schulthess 2015.
« Pour une politique fédérale ciblée. Quelles politiques pour renforcer la prévention de l’antisémitisme ? in: Tangram 39, Federal Commission against Racism, 2017).
Liberté de conscience vs. Protection de l’intégrité physique : les aspects juridiques du récent débat sur la Circoncision en Allemagne et en Suisse ». In « Circoncision, actualités d’une pratique immémoriale », Hermann Ed., 2018.
La politique d’intégration suisse est inadaptée à la lutte contre l’antisémitisme. In Tangram 42 (Federal Commission against Racism, 2019).