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The team provides legal advice for all aspects of real estate transactions, such as for the acquisition, development, financing and sale of real property; it acts mainly for Swiss and international institutional investors, such as Credit Suisse Funds Ltd. (acting on behalf of various real estate funds).

In the past year, the group focused on the following types of transactions:

  • Advising Swiss and international institutional investors regarding acquisitions and divestments of real estate in Switzerland (asset and share deal).
  • Acting for developers and/or investors regarding various real estate developments including shopping malls, hotels, retail, office and residential buildings.
  • Hotel & leisure properties: The CMS real estate team is one of the few Swiss law firms having broad experience with hotel transactions and management agreements. In the past year, the team was advising on hotel property transactions, hotel lease agreements and construction projects. The CMS experts were also advising on aspects of the new legislation regarding the restriction of secondary residences ("Zweitwohnungsgesetz").
  • Sale & rent-back transactions of office, hotel and logistic properties.
  • Advising a Swiss institutional investor on the acquisition of a development project in the city of Basel regarding an underground parking with 350 parking spaces.
  • Advising international companies regarding their Swiss corporate real estate matters.
  • Real estate related litigation.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Switzerland
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Band 1
What the team is known for

CMS is a distinguished real estate practice handling acquisitions, sales and developments. The law firm frequently acts for real estate investors on the acquisition of real estate assets. CMS advises Swiss corporate clients on the real estate aspects of expanding their premises. The law firm is also well versed in assisting financial sector clients with development projects.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Stefan Gerster
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Stefan Gerster
Head of Real Estate
1
Band 1

Stefan Gerster advises clients on a wide array of real estate mandates, from lease agreements to property acquisitions and portfolio sales.

"Stefan Gerster has very good availability and service orientation. He is very pleasant to work with."

Sibylle Schnyder
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Sibylle Schnyder
Head of Real Estate
2
Band 2

Sibylle Schnyder acts on domestic real estate transactions for a variety of clients, including asset managers, investment firms and IT companies. She advises on project developments, property sales and lease agreement negotiations.

"Sibylle Schnyder is very knowledgeable, service-oriented and goal-oriented in the respective topics."

Ranked Lawyers at
CMS

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Real Estate

Stefan Gerster
1
Stefan Gerster
Head of Real Estate
1
Band 1
Sibylle Schnyder
2
Sibylle Schnyder
Head of Real Estate
2
Band 2

Members

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Delphine Di Nolfi

Helena Loretan

Katja Bertsche

Lindenmann Michelle

Maxence Carron

Olivier Carrard

Head of Department

Sibylle Schnyder

Sibylle Schnyder

Head of Department

Sidonie Morvan

Stefan Gerster

Stefan Gerster

Head of Department

Thomas Zweifel

Yoann Lambert

Industries

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Automotive

Banking

IT

Insurance

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Real Estate & Construction

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