Altius Avocats is an experienced team dedicated to advising and resolving legal and economic issues. We can assist you or your company in any situation to simplify your day-to-day life. We can guide you through all administrative, civil and criminal disputes. Our team specialises in aviation law, as well as contractual and commercial litigation. Our offices, easily accessible by public transport or car, are located in Vevey, on the Lake Geneva Riviera, close to Lausanne and an hour from Geneva. Our team welcomes and advises clients in English, French, German and Italian.

For several decades, CBWM AVOCATS has been one of the leading law firms in the Lake Geneva region. We provide comprehensive assistance and representation to our clients before courts and administrative authorities. We also offer advisory services and in-depth legal analyses, and we are actively involved in the prevention and resolution of disputes—whether within a company or between heirs—including through arbitration, conciliation, and mediation. Our expertise covers both private law and public law. The quality of our legal services is based on constant attention and a strong commitment to excellence. We represent and advise a diverse Swiss and international clientele—comprising private individuals, companies, and public bodies—in several languages. Whether in civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings, debt enforcement and bankruptcy matters, or arbitration, our firm is able to support you at every stage. In addition, we draft and review contracts that are essential to economic activity and assist our clients in key negotiations. Practice Areas: • Spatial planning, building permits, and environmental law • Arbitration • Banking and financial law • Contract law • Administrative law and public entities, public procurement • Commercial and corporate law • Construction and real estate law • Inheritance law • Employment law, public service law, and social security law • Criminal law • Family law and divorce • Private wealth and Family Office • New technologies • Civil liability

Très professionnel et encore merci

ABOUT RAPHAËLLE NICOLET Raphaëlle Nicolet is a lawyer specializing in criminal law, an area in which she has extensive and solid experience. Ms Nicolet works in French, English, Spanish and occasionally in German. She worked for the Vovan Trocadelyo group in Bangkok where she provided advice on Thai law and Swiss law to Swiss nationals and companies, as well as information on legal issues related to Switzerland to Thai nationals. Her mastery of several languages, her professional background covering diverse and varied fields (such as aviation and teaching), as well as her experience of living and working abroad allow her to give sound advice adapted to a large and varied clientele.

Avocat spécialiste FSA droit de la construction et de l’immobilier Marc-Ariel Zacharia graduated from the University of Fribourg School of Law in 2002 and then was admitted to the Geneva Bar. In 2009, he obtained his Master in real estate from the Institute of Real Estate Studies of Geneva (IEI) (Institut d’Etudes Immobilières de Genève). Since 2018, he is a Certified Specialist SBA (Swiss Bar Association) Construction and Real Estate Law. After having worked for several law firms in Geneva in the areas of tax and real estate law, he joined LEMANIA LAW AVOCATS as Partner in January 2012. Regularly advising real estate actors, individuals or SMEs, as well as private clients, he focuses his practice on construction law, property law, planning and zoning law, acquisition of real estate, as well as real estate taxation and litigation. Marc-Ariel Zacharia is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Federal Swiss Bar Association, Swiss Lawyers Society and the Geneva Real Estate Association (Chambre genevoise immobilière). He also actively participates in various Geneva associations, particularly as President of «Le Lien d’Israël» and of Artillerie society. Moreover, he had been for ten years editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Geneva Military Society. French and Russian native speaker, he is fluent in English and has a good command in German.