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Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter

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). · Kellerhals Carrard

SwitzerlandConstruction, Real EstateFrench, German, English, Italian

About

Multilingual specialist construction and real estate lawyer with over 15 years' experience in Switzerland and abroad (including Singapore and New York). Experienced in cross-border construction and real estate advice and dispute resolution, acting as arbitrator and RICS Accredited Mediator, and is a lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg.

Practice areas

ConstructionReal EstateDispute ResolutionArbitrationMediationCommercial ContractsBuilding Information Modeling (BIM)

Office

Expertise

FIDIC contracts (including DAB)SIA 150Pharmaceutical plantsHydropower projectsHotels and convention centersAirports and railway stationsIndustrial buildingsOpera and cultural buildingsLuxury alpine chalets

Education

  • Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law (2017-2018)
  • LL.M., Law and the Global Economy — New York University and National University of Singapore (2010)
  • Bar exam, Canton of Berne (2006)
  • lic. iur., Universities of Geneva, Berne and Bologna (Erasmus) (2003)

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Bar, Canton of Berne (2006)
  • Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law
  • RICS Accredited Mediator

Languages

FrenchGermanEnglishItalian