Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter

Attorney at Law, Partner, Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, lic. iur., LL.M.

Your pragmatic Swiss international construction lawyer.

About

Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter is a multilingual (French/German/English/Italian) specialist construction and real estate lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in Switzerland and abroad (including Singapore and New York). He has a solid experience in cross-border construction and real estate advice and dispute resolution, acting as arbitrator and representing domestic and foreign clients (architects, engineers, developers, and facility managers) before Swiss courts, mediators, and arbitral tribunals (including FIDIC DAB and SIA 150). He has advised on a wide range of Swiss and international projects (incl. FIDIC), comprising pharmaceutical plants, hydropower plants, hotels and convention centers, airports and railway stations, industrial buildings, an opera house, and luxury chalets in the Swiss Alps. Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter is a lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, and a regular speaker on real estate and construction topics, and on legal aspects of Building Information Modeling (BIM).

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
The Legal 500 EMEA Switzerland 2023: “I have dealt principally with Bernd Hauck and Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter. They are both excellent. They are organised and responsive. Bernd in particular provides very focused and clear advice on complex issues. I know Jean-Rodolphe to be an expert on legal issues related to BIM which is a complicated area."
Who’s Who Legal 2024: Jean-Rodolphe Fiechter is recommended by WWL 2024 in the sector of construction and real estate. According to WWL 2024 he is “a well-regarded construction and real estate practitioner and frequently recommended thanks to his dispute resolution skills involving both Swiss and international projects.”

Experience

Career
Memberships
Education
Further Activities
  • Since 2018: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard
  • 2006–2018: Attorney at Kellerhals Carrard
  • 2010: Foreign legal intern at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York
  • 2005: Internship at a bilingual commercial law firm in Biel-Bienne
  • 2004: Internship at the Department of Construction, Transport and Energy of the Canton of Bern
  • 2003: Internship at Biel-Bienne Court District II

 

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Bern Bar Association (BAV)
  • Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), Real Estate and SCILL Commissions
  • International Bar Association, International Construction Projects Committee

 

  • 2017–2018: Certified specialist in construction and real estate law (SAV)
  • 2010: LL.M. in Law and the Global Economy, New York University and National University of Singapore
  • 2006: Admitted to the bar, Canton of Bern
  • 2003: lic. iur., Universities of Geneva, Bern and Bologna (Erasmus, 2000)
  • Lecturer at Bern University of Applied Sciences (Higher Technical College Holz Biel/Bienne)
  • Lecturer at the Fribourg School of Engineering and Architecture
  • Leist der Untern of the Municipality of Bern, vice-president (since 2020)
  • NETWORK, Regional board member, Bern Region (since 2021)
  • AIJA: Co-chair of the Forum of Commissions (Extended Bureau) (2018-2021); vice-president of the SCILL Commission (2016-2018); member of the executive committee (2012-2015); co-chair Singapore Congress (2022)

Contact

Bern

Effingerstrasse 1
Postfach
CH-3001 Bern


Tel. +41 58 200 35 00
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch
 

Gstaad

Promenade 58
CH-3780 Gstaad

gstaad@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich


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