CMS

Real Estate

Partner

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.

French, English

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)

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.)