Benoît Carron

Born on 16 May 1964, Benoît Carron is particulary responsibile for the litigation departement of the Bonnard Lawson’s Geneva office. Partner of the firm since 1998, he gives courses regulary at the Faculty of Law of the University of Fribourg, as Master Assitant to Prof. Paul-Henri Steinauer (Preliminary Title of the Civil Code and exercices in the law of inheritance), then, from 2004 on, as Lecturer of Prof. Franz Werro (contract law and law of torts). Full professor since 2013, he currently teaches construction contracts.

After having adapted into French language the “WERKVERTRAG” (Works Contract) (1999) by Prof. Peter Gauch, Me Carron has become progressively specialized in the law of construction. His clientele includes public entities, engineers, architects, promoters, general contractors, construction companies, insurance companies and individuals. He assists them in the drafting of contractual documents, in obtaining or contesting building permits and in the day-to-day management of the construction sites. He defends their interests before the civil courts and arbitral tribunals. He also is appointed as mediator or arbitrator in such matters. Me Carron also assists public entites and businesses in the context of public procurement. His complementary specializations, in the law of private insurance and the law of torts, permit him also to manage any concerns which may arise in these areas.

In 2006-2007, Me Carron successfully completed the training an FSA specialist lawyer (Swiss Federal Bar Association) in construction law and property law. He is one of the first 15 lawyers in French-speaking Switzerland to have obtained this certification which is based on practice and subject to an examination. Me Carron was president of the Swiss Chamber of FSA Specialist Lawyers in construction law and property law from 2010 to 2017.

Education

FSA Specialist Lawyer, Construction Law and Property Law, 2007
Attorney at Law at the Geneva Bar, 1994
Doctor of Law, University of Fribourg, 1993
Licence in Law, University of Fribourg, 1988

Titles and memberships

Member of the Geneva Bar Association and of the Swiss Federal Bar Association

Member of the Swiss Chamber of FSA Specialist Lawyers in Construction Law and Property Law.

Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)

Bar membership

Lawyer admitted in Geneva

Academic Activities

Professor (contruction contracts) , University of Fribourg, since 2014

Lecturer and then Full Professor since 2013 (civil liability and social insurance, disputes in tenancy law), University of Fribourg, 2012-2017.

Lecturer (contract law), University of Neuchâtel, 2007

Master Assistant (inheritance law, preliminary title of the Civil Code, law of natural persons and guardianship) Prof. Paul-Henri Steinauer, University of Fribourg, 1998-2000

Assistant (law of obligations) to Prof. Pierre Tercier, University of Fribourg, 1994

Attended Max-Planck Institute (Munich), 1991-1992

Assistant (administrative law) to Prof. Nicholas Michel, University of Fribourg, 1988-1991

Languages

French (mother tongue)
German
English

Professional experience

Professional experience

Partner of Bonnard Lawson, since 1998

Associate of Pfyffer & Partners, 1995-1998

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