Cécile Berger Meyer

Practice Areas

Commercial and Contracts, Corporate and M&A, Real Estate

Career

Cécile Berger Meyer is a partner based at our Geneva office, where she heads up the Real Estate practice group. She advises both private and institutional clients on real estate law, civil matters (purchases, sales, structuring and financing) and administrative law matters (planning, construction licenses, restrictions on acquisitions, public procurements). Cécile is also vice-chair of the SVIT Romandie, a member of various committees of real estate actors/organisations, and has been a judge with the Geneva lease Conciliation Commission and Lease Court for many years. Cécile also sits at the investment committee of a Swiss German based pension fund, and on other boards of directors of real estate companies.

University of Fribourg (lic iur, 2000), Admission to Geneva Bar (2004), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (2004), University of Chicago Law School (LLM, 2006), Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law (2010), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2013), Swiss Board School Corporate Governance best practice certification (2020)

Professional Memberships

Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Geneva Bar Association (OdA), Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Swiss Advocates’ Chamber of Certified Specialists SBA Construction and Real Estate Law (board member), CVI - Chambre Vaudoise Immobilière (board member), SVIT Schweiz (Vice-chairman).

Personal

Languages: French, English, German, Italian