Ms Sidonie Morvan > CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9
PO Box
1211 Geneva 26
Switzerland
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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

 

Career

Sidonie Morvan specializes in real estate law and mainly deals with real estate acquisitions, construction and development projects, landlord and tenant law, and real estate related litigation.

Ms Morvan regularly advises real estate investors, companies with corporate real estate matters, well-known players in the Geneva real-estate world (developers, architects, real-estate agents, general contractors) and individuals. She assists them before the competent civil and administrative courts. Her activities cover all the main areas of real estate, such as transactions,  legal due diligence of properties and real estate projects, drafting and negotiating of contracts (in particular purchase, construction and lease agreements) and the assistance with all questions arising in connection with the realisation of real estate projects (public procurement zoning, urban planning, LFAIE).

Ms. Morvan is an associate judge at the Geneva tribunal for leases and rents.

She was the founding Partner of a boutique law firm in 2013 dedicated to real estate & construction law. She joined CMS as a partner in January 2021.

Languages

French, English

Memberships

  • Judge at the Geneva Lease Court
  • Vice-chairman of Fondation Prim’Enfance
  • Board member of OCG (Geneva Chamber Orchestra)
  • Member of the Committee of Jurisconseiljunior
  • Member of the Committee of PLR (Veyrier)
  • International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI)
  • Swiss Association of Real Estate (SVIT)
  • Geneva Real Estate Chamber (CGI)
  • Women in property Switzerland association (WIPSWISS)
  • Geneva Chamber of Commerce (CCIG)
  • Federation of French Speaking Businesses (FER)
  • Women’s law network (WLN)
  • Swiss circle of Women Directors (CSDA)
  • PropTech Switzerland
  • Rotary (Palais-Wilson section)
  • Geneva Bar Association (ODA)
  • Swiss Bar association (SAV)

Education

  • 2021 – Partner at CMS von Erlach Partners AG
  • 2017 – Partner at OCHSNER & ASSOCIES Head of Real Estate Department Award of Bilanz & Le Temps 2020 (tenancy law section)
  • 2013 – Founding Partner at «MORVAN & FABJAN», boutique real estate law firm Award of Bilanz & Le Temps 2017 (tenancy law section)
  • 2012 – Geneva Real Estate Chamber Associate & lobbying activity for property owners Lecturer in tenancy law (CGI Conseils)
  • 2004 – Joined ZPG, Associate Real Estate
  • 2004 – Admission to Geneva Bar
  • 2001 – Max Planck Institute, Freiburg
  • 2000 – University of Geneva (lic.iur.)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Real estate

Able to draw upon its international network of offices, CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. regularly assists global scale clients with a myriad of large-scale projects, property acquisitions and portfolio management. The team is praised for its ‘depth of experience and client-oriented service’ and its ‘exceptional, proactive approach’. Four key players head up the group: Sibylle Schnyder, a capable practitioner who is often entrusted by a multitude of developers, investors and financial institutions; Stefan Gerster, who is adept at managing the full diversity of real estate assets; Sidonie Morvan, whose considerable workload consists of residential, industrial and commercial premises management; and Olivier Carrard, a notable presence on the transactional and financing side of this space.