Valfor Attorneys-at-law

Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A

Yves de Coulon is an FSA specialist in construction and real estate law. He is one of the founding partners of the firm and heads its Real Estate and Construction department. He has an in-depth knowledge of the real estate market in the Lake Geneva region. His activities cover all the main areas of real estate: transactions, construction, leases, management of real estate assets, financing and investment vehicles, public procurement zoning as well as urban and mobility planning. He also has extensive experience in the hotel industry and in the indirect real estate investments. He advises institutional and private clients on these various aspects and assists them before the competent civil and administrative courts. He is Chairman of the board of Bonhôte Immobilier SICAV, a major listed Swiss real estate investment fund and Chairman of the Horizon Léman Association, which each year manages the Lake Geneva Regions stand at MIPIM (International Market for Real Estate Professionals) in Cannes. He is also a member ot the board of Banque Bonhôte in Neuchâtel and of the board of Fondation Emma Kammacher, a Geneva public foundation which ownes 2'000.- affordable appartments in Geneva. In July 2024, Yves de Coulon was included in the Who's Who of the 100 key players in Swiss real estate (designated by IMMOBILEN Business magazine and its French-language supplement IMMOBILIER ROMAND) who are considered “particularly active, competent and visionary”.

Since 2024: Partner at valfor

2017-2024: Co-founder and Partner of BianchiSchwald

2014: CAS in construction law and real estate, University of Fribourg

Since 2014: Board Member of "Fondation pour la promotion du logement bon marché et de l'habitat coopératif"

Since 2014: Chairman of LGR (Lake Geneva Region) Association

2003-2011: Member of the Geneva Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Supervisory Board

Since 2011: Deputy Judge at Geneva civil courts

2001-2016: Co-founder and Partner of BCCC

1992-2011: Associate with Lausanne and Geneva law firms

1997: LL.M. in International Business Law, King's College London

Chamber of FSA certified experts in Real Estate & Construction law

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Swiss Association of Real Estate Economy (SVIT)

Geneva Real Estate Chamber (CGI)

Geneva Business Law Association

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Debts Collecting and Bankruptcy Association (Association LP)

Geneva Bar Association

Swiss Bar Association

2014CAS im Bau- und Immobilienrecht, Universität Fribourg

1990 : Admitted Swiss Bar Association, authorized to practice as an attorney-at-law all over Switzerland

1988 : Master of Laws, University of Geneva