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Sarah is an all-round litigator, specialising in national and international dispute resolution with a particular focus on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration and administrative investigations in the financial sector.

Sarah has assisted clients in many investigations and disputes, including:

• advising financial institutions in investigations and proceedings conducted by the Financial Services and Markets Authority;
• assisting a multinational established in Belgium in bribery and anti-money laundering investigations;
• defending a Belgian investment group in multijurisdictional disputes regarding the sale of one its subsidiaries;
• representing a real estate developer in a post-M&A Cepani arbitration.

Sarah is also a PhD researcher and a teaching assistant in civil procedure law at the University of Liège.

Memberships

Brussels Bar (Ordre français des avocats du Barreau de Bruxelles), 2014

Qualifications

LL.M., Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA, USA), 2017
Law degree, Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), 2013

Publications

VANDENBUSSCHE, W., VAN DONINCK, J., VAN DROOGHENBROECK, J., HOC, A., MOUGENOT, D., BOULARBAH, H., BENZIDI, S., VANLERBERGHE, B., RUTTEN, S., CLAUS, L., HENDRICKX, A., ALLEMEERSCH, B., MENETREY, S., Lessen van de ‘ELI-UNIDROIT Model European Rules of Civil Procedure’ voor het Belgische recht – Leçons des ‘ELI-UNIDROIT Règles modèles européennes de procédure Civile’ pour le droit belge
S. BENZIDI, « L’exception de chose jugée », in F. BALOT et A. HOC (coord.), Le point sur les défenses en droit judiciaire, Bruxelles, Larcier, Coll. de la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, 2023, pp. 117-165
S. BENZIDI et C. LEGRAND, « L’interprétation, la qualification et les effets entre parties du contrat » in R. JAFFERALI (dir.), Le livre 5 du Code civil et le nouveau droit des contrats, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2022, pp. 177-218
S. BENZIDI et C. LEGRAND, « La fin du contrat et les restitutions » in R. JAFFERALI (dir.), Le livre 5 du Code civil et le nouveau droit des contrats, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2022, pp. 387-431
BOULARBAH, H., BENZIDI, S. (2021), Les angles morts de l’article 748, § 2, du Code judiciaire, in Questions qui dérangent en droit judiciaire, CUP, Limal, Anthemis
LEFEVRE, F., BENZIDI, S. (2020), Gros plan sur la FSMA : Chronique de jurisprudence depuis la création de la Commission des sanctions à nos jours, Bruxelles, Larcier, 306 p.
LEFEVRE, F., BENZIDI, S. (2020), Gros plan sur la FSMA : Chronique de jurisprudence depuis la création de la Commission des sanctions à nos jours – Introduction, Dr. banc. fin., 2020/4, 264-269
BENZIDI, S. (2018), Med-Arb: How to Mitigate the Risk of Setting Aside or Refusal of Recognition and Enforcement of a Med-Arb Award, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, vol. 11, No.1, 64-76

Sarah Benzidi

Of Counsel - Attorney at Law

sarah.benzidi@loyensloeff.com

Brussels

French, English, Dutch

<p>Sarah Benzidi, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Brussels office. She has a broad experience in litigation and arbitration in commercial disputes.</p>

Sarah is an all-round litigator, specialising in national and international dispute resolution with a particular focus on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration and administrative investigations in the financial sector.

Sarah has assisted clients in many investigations and disputes, including:

• advising financial institutions in investigations and proceedings conducted by the Financial Services and Markets Authority;
• assisting a multinational established in Belgium in bribery and anti-money laundering investigations;
• defending a Belgian investment group in multijurisdictional disputes regarding the sale of one its subsidiaries;
• representing a real estate developer in a post-M&A Cepani arbitration.

Sarah is also a PhD researcher and a teaching assistant in civil procedure law at the University of Liège.