Cosima Trabichet-Castan

Practice Areas

- Real Estate & Construction

- Employment Law & Social Security

- Dispute Resolution

Career

Cosima Trabichet-Castan has been with MLL Legal since 2012 and became partner in 2020. She specializes in real estate law, advising clients on high value real estate transactions and construction projects as well as on rental law and property development issues. She is actively involved in the Swiss real estate industry, namely through her engagement with various associations, and has been acting as an assistant judge at the Geneva Court for landlord and tenant disputes since 2017. She obtained a Masters’ degree in real estate from the Geneva Institute for Real Estate Studies (IEI) in 2019, allowing her to strengthen her expertise in this practice area. She became a Chartered Valuation Surveyor (MRICS) at the end of 2021.

Cosima Trabichet-Castan has also acquired several years of experience in the field of labour law, advising both employers and employees on any questions relating to their contractual relationship as well as on contentious cases.

As a litigator, Cosima Trabichet-Castan represents clients in civil and administrative litigation proceedings across all French speaking cantons of Switzerland, mainly in the field of real estate law (construction, condominiums, land use planning), rental law and labour law, as well as in the context of debt collection proceedings.

Professional Memberships

- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

- Geneva Bar Association (OdaGe)

- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and ASA Below 40

- Geneva Real Estate Chamber (CGI)

- Women in property switzerland (wipswiss)

- Association of IEI Graduates (ADIEI)

- Domus Antiqua Helvetica (president of the Geneva section since 2022)