me.favre@leximmo.ch
Direct phone: 021 613 08 04
Marc-Etienne Favre
Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law
Master of Law, University of Lausanne (1991)
Attorney at law admitted to the bar (1997)
Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law (2010)
Lecturer EPFL, SVIT and USPI
Expert SIA (since 1.04.2021)
FSA mediator (in progress)
Marc-Etienne Favre was born in Morges in 1968. He is the third child of a farming family from Villars-sous-Yens, a small village on the shores of Lake Leman. After his scientific schooling in Morges and Lausanne, he obtained a Master of Law degree at Lausanne University and a European Private Law Certificate in 1991. He now lives between Morges and Lausanne, with his wife and their three children.
From his origins, he has a natural bent for everything relating to the land. His first professional experience made him competent in matters relating to Social Security and private insurance and he then worked for more than fifteen years as a general practitioner in local law firms of repute. He obtained a Certificate in advance Study in construction and real estate law in 2010.
Mr. Favre is currently training in mediation, with a view to obtaining the title of FSA Mediator, in order to certify the skills he has acquired in the various alternative dispute resolution methods. He hopes to be able to direct his practice more towards alternatives to state justice, in particular for conflicts linked to planning or building permits, which are his preferred fields and in which he has acquired a wealth of experience, both at cantonal and federal level.
Aeras of law practiced
Me Favre’s practice concentrates today mainly on Construction and Planning Law, and everything to do with rights in rem and real estate (Rural Land Law and Agrarian Law, Company Contract and Agency Law, Environmental Law, Neighborhood Law and the Rural Code).
His other professional activities give him a broad overview of all aspects of real estate, and enable him to seek pragmatic solutions geared to rapid and concrete results.
Working languages: French and English.
Professional history
- 2025: FSA Mediator.
- 2021: Admission to the SIA Experts Directory.
- 2020: member of the Committee of the Chambre vaudoise immobilière.
- 2015: Lecturer with USPI Vaud (Federal diplomas for brokers, estimators, property managers and Immopromotion).
- 2013 :Teacher at SVIT School.
- 2013 to 2017: Member of Commission foncière II (acquisition of real estate by persons abroad, LFAIE).
- 2011 to 2015: Lecturer at HES-SO (Master’s degree in territorial engineering).
- 2011: Lecturer at the MAS EPFL in real estate expertise.
- September 2010: Leximmo Avocats. Partner.
- 2009: FSA construction and real estate specialist training – Certificate of Advanced Studies from the Institute for Swiss and International Construction Law.
- 2009: Member of the Board of the Raiffeisen Bank Morges Venoge. President of the Board since 2013. (term ends 2025).
- 2001-2010: Centralex Avocats. Partner
- 1995-2001: trainee lawyer, then associate with CBWM Avocats, Lausanne.
- 1995: language training course at the University of California Santa Barbara.
- 1991-1994: Juiris, then legal representative in the legal department of Retraites Populaires in Lausanne.
Ongoing training
Each year, Me Favre pursues further training in his areas of practice, attending numerous seminars and courses. Here are just a few examples.
- FSA Mediator (in progress)
- Colloques UNI Fribourg Public procurement
- Swiss Construction Law Days, University of Fribourg
- Continuing education days of the Chamber of Lawyers specializing in FSA construction and real estate law
- SIA course WB10-14: Public procurement and SIA regulations 142, 143 and 144, May-June 2014 (4 days)
- Journées romandes de la promotion immobilière
- Continuing education courses offered by the Vaud Bar Association
- Seminars organized by the Chambre vaudoise immobilière