Yves Jeanrenaud is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Geneva office and he heads Schellenberg Wittmer’s Real Estate and Construction Group. His main areas of practice include property law, real estate investments and transactions (both domestically and internationally), sale and leaseback operations, commercial leases, ground leases, total and general work contracts, real estate financing /structuring, due diligence procedures and environmental law. He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating property contracts, such as acquisition contracts. He advises Swiss and foreign clients on various contractual matters. He also handles litigation and arbitration in these fields. Yves Jeanrenaud was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 1987 after graduating from the School of Law of the University of Zurich in 1983 and earning a Master of Laws from Northwestern University School of Law in 1985. He became a partner in 1991 and is a member of several professional associations.