Sandra Svaerd
Group General Counsel Office, Outside Counsel Management
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Sandra Svaerd is group general counsel office, outside counsel management for UBS Financial Services, Inc. At UBS AG, Ms. Svaerd is responsible for sourcing and vendor management and leads end-to-end competitive sourcing and procurement of the services of law firms and other legal vendors, implements and maintains panels of preferred law firms and their associated governance and control, and identifies opportunities and supports improvement of commercial conditions with legal vendors. Additionally, she develops technology driven processes and provider management tools, policies, and procedures; compiles and analyses financial information related to external legal fees; and effectively partners and co-works with group general counsel stakeholders, Supply Chain Management, Group Finance and all UBS business divisions worldwide.

Ms. Svaerd was previously legal counsel at Proposition & Provider Management, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd., where she managed due diligence, audit, risk reviews, and regulatory compliance of external providers – covering various countries and jurisdictions, and also was the data protection expert and provided training and support to team members during GDPR implementation.
She is involved in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP, Data Protection) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

She received her LLM at the University of Lund in Sweden.