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Me Magnin
FRANCOIS MAGNIN

Honorary Partner

Partner of the firm until 2020, François Magnin is Chairman of the Disciplinary Commission of the University of Lausanne. 

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Born in Lausanne in 1954, François Magnin received his law degree from the University of Lausanne in 1978. Doctor of law, his copyright thesis is entitled "The composer and the performer or performer of open music”, and he received the Charles Ph. Mercier and Professor Walter Hug awards for this work. 

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François Magnin completed his legal internship in the firm of Me Baptiste Rusconi in Lausanne. He passed his bar exam in 1983 joining Avocats St-Pierre in the same year. 

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François Magnin was Vice-President, then President of the Morges Labor Court, in addition to being the Vice-President of the  Labor Court of the district of La Côte.  

Publications:

"The composer and performer of open music",thesis Lausanne 1980.

"The employer's civil liability for damage caused by its employees, in particular by its executives" in Studies in honor of Baptiste Rusconi: Civil liability and insurance, Bis et Ter, Lausanne, 2000, pp. 203-223).

Franços Magnin lawyer Lausanne Etude Avocats St-Pierre

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

Me Mösching
LAURENT MOSCHING

Partner

Bilingual (French/Italian), Laurent Mösching is an expert in Criminal and Contract law.  During his Master's degree, he spent a semester at the University of Bologna, the Alma Mater Studiorum, where he perfected his knowledge of Private International law.​ 

  

Passionate about music, Laurent Mösching devotes part of his spare time to various music societies, in Sion, Fribourg, and in the Canton of Vaud. 

Languages :French /Italian /English

Main areas of activity:

Criminal law and Military criminal law

Contract law

Labor, Lease, Sale, Rental, Mandates, Transport, etc.

Private International Law

Family law

Child and adult protection law

Laurent Mösching lawyer Lausanne Etude Avocats St-Pierre

Professionnal career :

2020 / Judge with the Military Court of Appeal 1.

2018 / Partner -  St-Pierre Law Firm.

2014-2017 / Partner - Place St-François, Lausanne.

2007-2019 / Substitute judge within the Military Tribunal 3 then Military Tribunal 1.

2010 / Legal internship.

2010 / Master's degree in law, "Criminal law" and "Contract, Economy and Heritage" - University of Fribourg.

2008 / Bachelor of Swiss law - University of Fribourg.

Associations : 

Member of the Swiss Bar Association (FSA)

Member of the Vaudois Bar Association (OAV)   

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

Me Borel
CHRISTOPHE BOREL

Partner

Christophe Borel advises clients in negotiating and, if negotiations are unsuccessful assists clients before both Cantonal and Federal authorities. His areas of expertise are Criminal law and Family law (Separation, Divorce, Filiation, Alimony and Protective measures). His practice also extends to Contract, Tort and Foreigners law. 

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Since 2020, Christophe Borel has been Vice-President of the Labor Court of the district of La Côte, in Nyon. He is also a member of the Management Committee of the Maison des Jeunes Association in Lausanne. 

Languages :French/ English/ German (written)

Main areas of activity :

Criminal law for adults and minors

Family law

Child and adult protection law

Contract law (Lease, Labor, Company, Mandates, etc.)

Personal Liability law

Foreigners' rights

Christophe Borel lawyer Lausanne Etude Avocats St-Pierre

Professionnal career :

2020 / Vice-President of the Labor Court of the district of La Côte.

2018 / Partner - St-Pierre Law Firm. 

2014-2018 / Associate of the Former Bâtonnière Antonella Cereghetti, r&associés.

2010-2012 and 2014 / Legal internship - Chaulmontet & Associés, and r & associés, Lausanne.

2009-2010 and 2012-2013 / Registrar with different judicial authorities in the canton of Vaud: Justices of the Peace in the districts of Jura-Nord vaudois and Gros-de-Vaud districts, as well as Lausanne, and Juvenile Court, Lausanne.

2010 / Master in Law and Criminal Sciences, Magistracy, University of Lausanne.

Publications:

“ The legal representative : a very special part of the criminal trial ”, published in A. Kuhn / F. Bohnet (ed.) : Criminal procedure applicable to minors, CEMAJ, Neuchâtel, 2011, pp. 67-102).

Association :

Member of the Swiss Bar Association (FSA)

Member of the Vaud Bar Association (OAV)

Member of the Vaud Progressive Jurists (JPV)

Member of the Young Vaud Bar (JBV)

Chairman of the Commission for the Rights of the Child of OAV

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

Rue de la Plaine 14, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Me Bouverat
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CATHERINE BOVERAT

Partner

Practicing mainly in the area of Civil Service law and Labor law, Catherine Bouverat also practices Contract law and Administrative law. 

 

She works in the context of negotiations or the defense of clients’ interests before the courts.

Languages :French/ English/ German (written)

Main areas of activity :

Civil Service law

Employment law

Equality between Women and Men

Contract law (Mandates, Company law, Sale, etc.)

Administrative law

Professionnal career :

2020/ Partner - St-Pierre Legal office, Lausanne.

2015-2020/ Lawyer - Personnel Department of the State of Vaud.

2013 to date/ PhD student at the Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel.

2013-2014/ Specialist lawyer in the Personnel Department of the State of Vaud.

2010-2012/Legal internship, Neuchâtel and the Neuchâtel Court of first instance.

2010/Master in law, University of Neuchâtel, Legal professions and Public law, high honors.

2008/Bachelor in law, University of Neuchâtel, honors.

Publications:

Dunand Jean-Philippe/Mahon Pascal/Bouverat Catherine/Brügger Nicolas/Hassissene Inès/Mader Mélanie, Study on the protection granted to workers' representatives;  study prepared at the request of SECO and OFJ, Center for the Study of Labor Relations (CERT), University of Neuchâtel, Bern/Neuchâtel 2015.

Association :

Member of the Swiss Bar Association (FSA)

Member of the Vaud Bar Association (OAV)

Member of Lawyers at the Bar (ALBA)
Member of the Vaud Young Bar (JBV) 

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

Rue de la Plaine 14, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Me Contini
DAVID CONTINI
Partner

Languages :French/ English 

Main areas of activity:

Public Procurement law

Land use, Planning and Construction law

Real estate law (lease, PPE, Real Property rights, etc.)

Energy and Environmental law

Administrative law

Employment law

Criminal law

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David Contini is mainly active in the areas of Public procurement law, Land use Planning and Construction law, as well as Real Estate law and Real Property rights (Lease, PPE, Easements, etc.). He also deals with legal issues related to Employment law and Civil Service law. David Contini advises, assists and defends both public authorities, individuals and commercial companies. 

Professionnal career :

David Contini obtained a Bachelor's degree (2009) then a Master's degree (2011), in Commercial law and Employment law and Social insurance, University of Lausanne. In addition to his studies, David Contini worked as a clerk for the Lausanne Labor Court and at the Cantonal Administration Labor Court. He then worked as a lawyer in the Civilian Service departement in Lausanne in 2011. He then completed his legal internship in Lausanne with CBWM & Associés and was admitted to the bar in 2014.

 

He continued as an associate with CBWM & Associés, working mainly in the field of Land Use Planning and Construction, Public Procurement law, as well as in Tenancy law. From 2018 to 2021, he worked in the legal department of the f Establishment of Insurance against Fire and Natural elements of the Canton of Vaud (ECA). He perfected his skills in Public Procurement law. and Construction law, in addition to becoming aware of the issues relating to fire protection and natural hazards.

 

In 2021, David Contini joined VB Avocats Sàrl, then Avocats St-Pierre in 2022. He is currently a lecturer at the HES-SO's Master in Territorial Development (MDT) and he teaches Employment law in the training for the HR Managers Certificate at FormaSuisse. 

Associations and other activities :

Lecturer - Master in Territorial Development (MDT), HES-SO

Trainer in Employment law - HR Manager Certificate at FormaSuisse

Honorary member of Stade-Lausanne Athletics

Member of the Avocat.es pour le Climat Association

Member of the Swiss Bar Association (FSA)

Member of the Vaud Bar Association (OAV)

Member of the Young Vaud Bar (JBVD)

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

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Amélie Gilliéron
AMÉLIE GILLIÉRON
Partner

Languages :French / German English 

Main areas of activity:

Civil liability law

Social and private insurance law

Medical law (health law)

Criminal Law

Road traffic law

Contract law (work, business, mandat)

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Amélie Gilliéron is mainly active in the areas of Civil liability law, as well as social and private Insurance law.

Professionnal career :

From 2024 / Associate lawyer at Etude Avocats St-Pierre

2022 - 2024 / Lawyer at the Rusconi & associates, Lausanne

From 2023 / Member of the Internship Chamber

2022 / Lawyer’s license, canton of Vaud

2019 - 2021 / Trainee lawyer at the Rusconi & Associates, Lausanne

From 2021 / Member of the Young Bar Vaudois committee

2019 / Lawyer at BDO Switzerland, Zurich

2018 - 2019 / Lawyer at the office of notaries Wenger and Keizer-Wüger, Lausanne

2016 - 2019 / Ad hoc clerk at the La Côte District Courtand at the industrial tribunal of the district of La Côte, Nyon

2015 - 2017 / Ad hoc legal assistant at the r&associés firm, Lausanne

2015 - 2017 / Master in Law, mentions in litigation law and magna cum laude, University of Lausanne

2012 - 2015 /  Bachelor of Law, Universities of Lausanne and Zurich

Community life :

Member of the Swiss Federation of Lawyers (FSA)

Member of the Vaudois Bar Association (OAV)

Member of the Young Vaud Bar (JBVD)

Member of Lawyers at the Bar (ALBA)

Contact:

Rue St-Pierre 2, 1003 Lausanne

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