Biography: Construction

Yves Jeanrenaud is a partner and the head of Schellenberg Wittmer's real estate and construction group. His main areas of practice include property law, real estate investments and transactions (both domestically and internationally), sale and leaseback operations, commercial leases, ground leases, total and general work contracts, real estate financing and structuring, due diligence procedures and environmental construction-related legal issues.

He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating property contracts for buying and selling projects and portfolios. He advises Swiss and foreign leading developers and financiers and major contractors on all aspects of construction and engineering related projects and disputes. He also handles litigation and arbitration in these fields.

Yves Jeanrenaud was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 1987 after graduating from the School of Law of the University of Zurich in 1983 and earning a Master of Laws from Northwestern University School of Law in 1985. He became a partner in 1991 and is a member of several professional associations.

Yves Jeanrenaud has published extensively in his fields of practice.

Schellenberg Wittmer is one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Over 130 lawyers in Zurich and Geneva advise domestic and international clients on all aspects of business law. The firm's areas of expertise include: banking and finance, competition and antitrust, dispute resolution and international arbitration, intellectual property/information technology, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, private clients, trusts and estates, foundations, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, taxation, white-collar crime and compliance.