Mr Yves Jeanrenaud, LL.M., MRICS > Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland

Work Department

Geneva / Real Estate / Construction / Environmental Law / Administrative Law and Public Procurement / Art and Entertainment / Corporate and Commercial

Position

Yves Jeanrenaud is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office where he also heads the firm’s real estate and construction group. His main areas of practice include property law, real estate investments and transactions (both domestically and internationally), hotel projects and transactions, sale and leaseback operations, commercial leases, ground leases, total and general work contracts, real estate financing and structuring, due diligence procedures, environmental law, energy law and art law. Yves has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating property contracts, such as acquisition contracts, as well as agreements in the art industry. He advises Swiss and foreign clients on various contractual matters. He also handles litigation and arbitration within these fields.

Career

1991 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • Member of Royal Institutions of Chartered Surveyors
  • Board Member of RICS Switzerland
  • Member of several professional associations

Education

1987 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
1985 – LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law
1983 – lic. iur., University of Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Real estate and construction

(Hall of Fame)

Yves JeanrenaudSchellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd’s practice group has extensive experience in both the commercial and residential property markets, advising on construction law, environmental law, tax, and administrative law matters. The team has niche expertise in serving the hotel industry, often handling complex international purchasing and the sale of property. Geneva-based team head, Yves Jeanrenaud, has considerable know-how advising domestic and international clients on drafting and negotiating property contracts. Josef Caleff, who heads the Zurich team, advises clients on all types of complex real estate transactions, including large commercial leases, contractor agreements, and development projects.

Switzerland > Public law

(Hall of Fame)

Yves Jeanrenaud  – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd‘s administrative law and public procurement team, led by David Mamane and Yves Jeanrenaud, has long-term experience in the energy, life sciences, media, and transport industries, and often represents clients before the cantonal and federal courts. Mamane has special expertise in competition law, energy regulation, and public procurement. Real estate and construction expert Jeanrenaud regularly advises and represents clients in public procurement issues, building permits, and due diligence procedures, and has experience in environmental law, and energy law. The team benefits from the expertise of specialists in other fields, such as Roland Mathys and Lorenza Ferrari Hofer, who support the team on technology and IP-related public law issues, Philipp Groz, with domestic and international dispute resolution, and Grégoire Wuest who supports on banking and finance issues.