Wilhelm Avocats SA celebrates its tenth anniversary!

In ten years, Wilhelm Avocats has built a solid reputation as a leading specialist in Swiss business law. An excellence recognised by its peers, who have just named it once again among “The Best Lawyers in Switzerland™ 2025“.

This prestigious distinction, based on a rigorous assessment among legal professionals, celebrates integrity and competence.

For this 10-year anniversary, the firm was keen to reaffirm its fundamentals and focus even more closely on its core competencies declined in the service of its clients: commercial law, corporate law, employment law, tenancy law, construction law and judicial law. The loyal team of lawyers and associates at Wilhelm Avocats look forward to continuing to earn your trust over the next ten years!

Wilhelm Avocats SA was founded in 2014 by Me Christophe Wilhelm and his associates to provide legal assistance in commercial law to entrepreneurs and SMEs in French-speaking Switzerland. During this period, Me Christophe Wilhelm has thus collaborated with ten registered lawyers (solicitors as well as barristers), guiding them in a specialised area of expertise in Swiss business law, fostering their professional development and specialisation. Thanks to this impetus, the lawyers at Wilhelm Avocats have never ceased to act in a coordinated manner in the service of their clients. With years of experience behind them, they have built up an unrivalled reputation in their areas of expertise.

Today, in addition to its founder, Christophe Wilhelm, who holds a doctorate in law and has practised commercial law for over thirty years, our firm can count on a team of highly competent and motivated lawyers:

• Sandra Gerber has been a lawyer at Wilhelm Avocats since the firm was founded 10 years ago. Ms Gerber is trained in both Swiss and French law. Her specialist areas are tenancy law, employment law and contract law. She advises landlords, tenants, employers and employees. She is also responsible for corporate data protection (DPO). Ms Gerber practises in French, English and German. Ms Gerber is also vice-president of the Côte district court;
• Steve Gomes has been a lawyer with the firm since September 2019. He specialises in public and private construction law, areas in which his expertise is recognised by the title of FSA specialist in construction and property law. Mr Gomes advises all those involved in the property sector, including developers, architects and engineers, as well as private and public clients, on the legal issues they encounter in developing their construction projects. Mr Gomes practises in French, English, German and Portuguese;
• Yanick Corminboeuf joined Wilhelm Avocats in January 2022 after working for two years as Legal Counsel at Swissquote Bank SA in Gland. He holds an LL.M. from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He is currently preparing his final exam for the New York Bar. In addition to his excellent command of English, Mr Corminboeuf is fluent in French, German and Swiss German. He advises the firm’s clients on commercial and contract law. Mr Corminboeuf also assists them before the judicial authorities in German-speaking Switzerland;
• Léa Wyssbrod : after practising as a lawyer at AXA-Arag, Ms Wyssbrod began her legal traineeship at Wilhelm Avocats in January 2022. Since obtaining her bar exam in February 2024, she has mainly been dealing with contract and corporate law disputes. She also advises the firm’s clients on tenancy law and employment law. Ms Wyssbrod speaks French, English, Italian and German;
• Manon Berney began her legal training at Wilhelm Avocats 10 years ago. She then moved to Montreal, Canada, where she was admitted to the Quebec Bar after obtaining an LL.M in Business Law. There she practised commercial and financial law at a wealth management institute in the city. Remaining registered as a lawyer with the Montreal Bar, she resumed her legal training to qualify as a Swiss lawyer. Her practice focuses on business, corporate and contract law, in both French and English.

Over the past ten years, the lawyers at Wilhelm Avocats have provided useful and appropriate advice to hundreds of businesses and entrepreneurs. They have endeavoured to find realistic and appropriate solutions to the legal problems they have been presented with, and have thus been able to contribute to the economic development of their clients’ businesses.

The lawyers at Wilhelm Avocats are proud of this record. They are motivated to continue along this path.

They would like to thank all their clients for the trust they have placed in them.