History of the firm

The firm was founded in 1981 by Mr Bernard Schneider (1953-1995) with whom Mr Pierre Chiffelle became partner since 1985 and Mrs Irène Wettstein Martin since 1995. Mr  Alain Pichard joined them in May 2015 and Mr Romain Kramer in Spring 2017.

As from the start, the founder and the successive associates of the firm had at heart to let each and everyone – whatever their social or economical condition – know his rights and to assert them in an effective manner that is proportionate to the circumstances. Even if since its creation the fields of activity of the firm have spread, the united state of mind inspired by the employees situations, the tenant or the insured, continues to mark our sensitivity, in reference to the founders’ ideals. The firm has then also grown in the domain of protecting nature and environment. The four associates can count on the collaboration of Mrs. Sara Vantaggio, trainee lawyer, and the secretaries, Perparime Metaj, Natacha Liechti, Sylvaine de Zordi Manganiello, Marjorie Bornand, as well as Marion Primaz, their apprentice.

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Fields of Activity

Family law

Separation, divorce, filiation

Lease law

Contestation of increase in rents, contestation of initial rent, contestation of lease cancellation, defect of the rented good, demand for a rent decrease

Labor Law

mobbing, dismissal, contract law

Administrative Law

immigration law, international law, Europeen law, private international law CEDH, land settlement

Lawyers of the Firm

avocat01Irène Wettstein Martin

  • Bar lawyer
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Member of the Ordre des Avocats Vaudois (OAV)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association

avocat01Pierre Chiffelle

  • Bar lawyer
  • Member of the Ordre des Avocats Vaudois (OAV)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association

Alain PichardAlain Pichard

  • Bar lawyer
  • Member of the Ordre des Avocats Vaudois (OAV)
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association