We offer clients a comprehensive portfolio of services for all kinds of building projects, from industrial plant to offices, hotels and restaurants through to residential housing. Apart from construction, our interdisciplinary expertise covers a vast range of real estate-related services from portfolio transactions and due diligence reviews to commercial and residential rent, acquisition, financing, sale, sale and lease-back agreements, together with many related areas listed below. Further, we regularly advise public authorities and bidders on public procurement matters.
Our expertise
We offer high-quality legal advice and litigation support on commercial and residential real estate and contract matters as well as regulatory and compliance issues. Our clients range from real estate investors, landowners, landlords, tenants, constructors and service providers to industrial companies, banks, private equity funds and other investors, as well as private individuals. We advise public authorities on public procurement matters, managing the entire process and any related court litigation, and assist bidders with the preparation of tenders and any necessary litigation.
Our services
We offer a comprehensive range of services covering every aspect of real estate transactions, including:
- legal advice for real estate transactions
- legal due diligence reviews of real estate and environmental matters
- contract negotiations and contract drafting, in particular for the acquisition, financing, sale, sale and
- lease-back, and for the rent of commercial or residential premises
- contract negotiations and contract drafting for construction projects
- enforcement of contractual rights
- assistance with obtaining construction permits
- legal advice on land use and zoning law matters
- assistance with obtaining permits from Swiss regulatory authorities
- legal advice on Swiss property taxes
- regulatory and legal advice to non-Swiss clients on real estate investments and divestments in Switzerland
- legal advice and support to the relocation of business activities to Switzerland
- legal advice to public authorities and bidders in public tender proceedings
- representing clients before all Swiss courts in disputes over real estate, environmental and public procurement matters
Main Contact
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Michael Lips
Partner
Team Members
Ludivine Boisard
Partner
Michael Lips
Partner
Paola Wullschleger
Counsel
Stéphanie Reiff
Associate
Larissa Rickenbacher
Associate
Melanie von Rickenbach
Associate
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