Kellerhals Carrard

Construction and real estate Dispute resolution Commercial contracts

lic. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner
Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law

About

Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter is a multilingual (French/German/English/Italian) specialist construction and real estate lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in Switzerland and abroad (including Singapore and New York). He has a solid experience in cross-border construction and real estate advice and dispute resolution, acting as arbitrator or as mediator (RICS Accredited Mediator) and representing domestic and foreign clients (architects, engineers, developers, and facility managers) before Swiss courts, mediators, and arbitral tribunals (including FIDIC DAB and SIA 150). He has advised on a wide range of Swiss and international projects (incl. FIDIC), comprising pharmaceutical plants, hydropower plants, hotels and convention centers, airports and railway stations, industrial buildings, an opera house, and luxury chalets in the Swiss Alps. Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter is a lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, and a regular speaker on real estate and construction topics, and on legal aspects of Building Information Modeling (BIM).

since 2018: Partner with Kellerhals Carrard

2006-2018: Associate and Senior Associate with Kellerhals Carrard

2010: Foreign Legal Intern with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York

2005: Internship at a bilingual commercial law firm in Biel-Bienne

2004: Internship at the Department of Construction, Transportation and Energy of the Canton of Berne

2003: Law Clerk with the District Court of Biel-Bienne

French/German (bilingual) English Italian

Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)

Bernese Bar Association (BAV)

International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Real Estate and SCILL commissions

2017-2018: Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law

2010: LL.M. in Law and the Global Economy (with focus on U.S. and Asian Business and Trade Law), New York University and National University of Singapore

2006: Bar exam, Canton of Berne

2003: lic. iur., Universities of Geneva, Berne and Bologna (Erasmus, 2000)