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Samuel Brückner

Counsel, Certified SBA Specialist in Construction and Real Estate Law

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Assistant : Célia Martin

EXPERTISE

Samuel Brückner advises and represents private clients, institutions and public authorities in the fields of construction law, land-use planning and real estate, covering aspects such as zoning, building permits, construction contracts, architect contracts, real estate sales and leases, real property rights and real estate co-ownership (PPE).

He also has strong expertise in administrative law, particularly in the areas of environmental law, civil service law and public procurement law.

Samuel Brückner is a certified SBA Specialist in Construction and Real Estate Law, a title awarded by the Swiss Bar Association.

EXPERIENCE

Since 2024 Counsel at Borel & Barbey
2018 Certified Specialist SBA Construction & Real Estate Law
2018 Certificate of Advanced Studies in Construction & Real Estate Law (CAS), University of Fribourg
2010 - 2024 Associate at a law Firm in Geneva
2009 Geneva Bar
2007 - 2009 Trainee lawyer at a law Firm in Geneva
2006 Trainee lawyer at the Judiciary Power, Geneva
2005 In - house legal adviser at the Cantonal Administration, Geneva
2005 Master of Law (MLaw), Universities of Geneva and Zurich

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Geneva Bar Association (ODAGE)
  • Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
  • Chambre des avocats spécialistes FSA droit de la construction et de l’immobilier
  • Société genevoise de droit et de législation (SGDL)
  • Association pour le droit de l’environnement (ADE)

NEWS

Samuel Brückner joins Borel & Barbey

7 March 2024
Borel & Barbey is delighted to announce that Samuel Brückner has recently joined the Firm. As Certified Specialist SBA in Construction and Real Estate Law, Samuel Brückner advises and represents...

“Les constructions « illicites » en droit public”

31 January 2019
Les constructions « illicites » en droit public, Journées suisses du droit de la construction 2019, Fribourg

PUBLICATIONS

“Obligation d’assainissement des chauffages électriques – Conformité au droit supérieur du décret sur l’assainissement des chauffages et chauffe-eaux électriques du 20 décembre 2022”

2 July 2024
Samuel Brückner analyzes in the June edition of the Newsletter Immodroit.ch, the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 1C_600/2023 dated 26 April 2024 regarding the mandatory replacement of electric heating systems. This...

“Limitation du pouvoir de disposition en zone à bâtir: restriction équivalente à une expropriation au sens de l’art. 5 al. 2 LAT?”

15 September 2023
Limitation du pouvoir de disposition en zone à bâtir: restriction équivalente à une expropriation au sens de l’art. 5 al. 2 LAT ?, Immodroit.ch, newsletter 09.2023

“Portée de la garantie de la propriété lors de l’adoption de règles constructives destinées à limiter les émissions de CO2”

15 July 2023
Portée de la garantie de la propriété lors de l’adoption de règles constructives destinées à limiter les émissions de CO2, Immodroit.ch, newsletter 07.2023

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