Valfor Attorneys-at-law

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

Yves de Coulon heads the Real Estate and Construction practice group at BianchiSchwald LLC. He has an in-depth knowledge of the Lake Geneva region real estate market. He is one of the founding partners of the firm. His practice focuses on all major fields of real estate industry: transactions, construction, leases, management of real estate assets, financing and investment vehicles, public procurement and zoning as well as urban and mobility planning. He is a member of the board of the FPLC (Public Foundation for affordable and cooperative dwelling) a major player for the zoning and the housing development projects in Geneva. He also has an extensive experience of the hotel-restaurant industry. He advises institutional and private clients on these various matters and assists them before the competent civil and administrative courts. Furthermore, Yves de Coulon is Deputy Judge before the Leases and Rents court in Geneva.

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

French, English, Spanish

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

1990 : Admitted Swiss Bar Association, authorized to practice as an attorney-at-law all over Switzerland 1988 : Master of Laws, University of Geneva