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Maya McNally

Dr. iur., Attorney at Law​

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Maya McNally has extensive experience as a practicing lawyer and as an inhouse counsel in banking, financial market, and capital market law. She regularly advises on domestic and cross-border trading, financing, and restructuring transactions, with a special focus on sustainable finance and emerging markets. Maya McNally further has expertise in regulatory compliance and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) matters.

Experience

Since 2020
Iten McNally

Partner

2019 – 2020
McNally Legal Services

Self-employed Attorney at Law

2013 – 2019
UBS Investment Bank

Sales and Trading Legal
In-house Counsel

2011 – 2012
Schellenberg Wittmer

Banking and Finance
Associate

2008 – 2010
Blum & Grob Attorneys at Law

Junior Associate

2007
Swiss International Air Lines

Aircraft Asset Management
Intern

2005 – 2007
University of Zurich

Faculty of Law
Research Assistant

Languages

– German
– English
– French

Education and Admission

2020
University of Zurich

CAS in Sustainable Finance

2010
Admission to Zurich Bar

Admitted to all Swiss courts

2009
University of Lucerne

Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.)

2005
University of St. Gallen

Master in Law (lic. iur. HSG)

Memberships

  • Registered in the Attorneys’ Registry of the Canton of Zurich
  • Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • HSG Alumni
  • Women in Sustainable Finance (WISF)
  • Australian Swiss Chamber of Commerce (AusCham)

Publications

  • ESG-Compliance für Schweizer Rohstoffhandelsunternehmen, Economic Crime Blog, Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen IFZ, HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 11 November 2024
  • Revisions in the Swiss Unfair Competition Regime – A Paradigm Shift in the Judicial Control of General Terms and Conditions? (co-author with Anita Schläpfer), in: The Exchange, Insurance and Financial Services Developments, Spring 2012
  • Verpfändung von Luftfahrzeugen mittels der schweizerischen Luftfahrzeugverschreibung, in: ASDA/SVRL Bulletin, No. 143/2011
  • Recht der Sicherung und der Finanzierung von Luftfahrzeugen – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Übereinkommens über internationale Sicherungsrechte an beweglicher Ausrüstung und des Protokolls betreffend Besonderheiten der Luftfahrzeugausrüstung (Cape Town 2001), (Diss. Luzern 2009 – CFAC = Schriften zur Luftfahrt, Vol. 3)
    www.dike.ch/Maya-McNally/Finanzierung-von-Luftfahrzeugen