Some useful links...

Geneva Commercial Register

Official database listing companies registered in the canton of Geneva, providing legal information on their status and management.

Zefix

Swiss central register of companies, enabling searches for companies registered in the various cantons.

SOGC - Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce

Official Swiss publication containing legal announcements for companies, such as start-ups, modifications or liquidations.

FAO - Official Gazette of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

Official newspaper of the Canton of Geneva, publishing legal notices, administrative announcements and official decisions.

Chamber of Notaries

Professional organization bringing together the canton's notaries, guaranteeing the application of ethical rules and providing information on notarial services.

Cantonal legislation

All laws and regulations specifically applicable to the canton of Geneva, covering various fields such as town planning, commerce and taxation.

Federal legislation

Switzerland's general legal framework, including laws and ordinances applicable throughout the country.

LFAIE (Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad)

Regulations governing the purchase of real estate in Switzerland by non-residents, aimed at controlling foreign investment in real estate.

Plan-zones

Official map showing the different land-use zones (residential, industrial, agricultural, etc.) according to Geneva planning regulations.

SITG (Geneva Territory Information System)

Interactive platform for geographic and cadastral data on the canton of Geneva, used for land-use planning and development.

SEMO (land registry)

Service providing access to official cadastral information for the canton of Geneva, including parcel delimitation and property rights.

VINCENT BENMABROUK

Legal

  • Master's degree in business law, University of Geneva
  • Former jurist responsible for examining notarial deeds at the Commercial Register

Languages: French and English

To contact him :

Ornella Chudzinski

Legal

  • Master's degree in civil and criminal law, University of Geneva
  • Former lawyer in charge of examining notarial deeds at the Land Registry from 2013 to 2018


Languages: French, English and Portuguese

To contact her.

Laetitia Bellisario

Legal

  • Law degree from the University of Geneva


Languages: French and German

To contact her.

Françoise Amy

Legal

  • Law degree from the University of Geneva
  • Former member of the Federal Commission of Experts on the Commercial Register
  • Former substitute for the Registrar of Commerce of Geneva


Languages: French and Italian

To contact her.

Sandrine Chatelanat

Associate

Associate since 2023

  • Law degree from the University of Geneva
  • Notary's certificate holders in 2019
  • Member of the legal commission of the chamber of notaries


Languages: French and English

To contact her:

MARIELLA VALLERY-SPAETHE

Associate

Partner since 2008
  • Law degree from the University of Geneva
  • Certified notary in 2001
  • Custodian of the minutes of Me Pierre Lacroix and Me Philibert Lacroix
  • Member of the Commission de relation avec les administrations de la Chambre des Notaires, of the Commission de prospective, and of the Commission d'examens des notaires

Languages : french and english

To contact her:

David Lacin

Associate

Partner since 2006

  • Law degree from the University of Fribourg
  • Certified notary in 2005
  • Keeper of the minutes (deeds) of Me Jean-Daniel Poncet
  • Former Chairman of the Tax Commission of the Chamber of Notaries
  • Former member of the Training Committee
  • Former member of the notaries' examination board
  • Member of the Committee for relations with the Cantonal Tax Administration 

Languages: French and English

To contact him :