Senior Associate

Katja Rogger-Bertsche

Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law

Languages

German
English
French
Italian

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Katja Rogger-Bertsche specialises in real estate law and advises national and international clients regarding real estate transactions.

Her professional activities include inter alia real estate purchases and sales, tenancy law, real estate financing as well as the development and realisation of real estate projects. Among other things, her tasks include the performance of legal due diligences regarding real properties and development/construction projects as well as the drafting and negotiation of agreements (in particular of purchase, construction and lease agreements as well as ground leases and easements).

Katja Rogger-Bertsche completed her bilingual law degree at the Universities of Basel and Geneva in 2012 and has been practising at CMS Switzerland in Zurich since 2017.

Relevant experience

Advising Swiss Prime Anlagestiftung regarding the acquisition of a residential property with commercial base use with the "One Planet Living" Label founded by WWF
Advising investor regarding the acquisition of a commercial property in the Terre Bonne Park business park in the municipality of Eysins, located on the western shore of Lake Geneva
Advising Swiss Prime Anlagestiftung regarding the acquisition of the traditional Viktoria retirement center in Bern
Advising Swiss Prime Site AG regarding a portfolio transaction (asset swap) concerning three commercial buildings in 2 cantons
Advising an institutional investor regarding the sale of a residential building in Neuchatel
Advising an institutional investor regarding the acquisition of a commercial residence (land purchase agreement, construction agreement and lease agreement)
Advising Swiss and foreign institutional investors in connection with the acquisition of properties in Switzerland, including commercial, logistic and hotel properties as well as sale & rent back transactions
Advising UBS AG regarding the sale of a five star hotel in the historic center of Zurich (Hotel Widder) together with adjacent properties and the operating company
Advising Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG on substantial acquisition in Winterthur

Publications

Switzerland: Overview, The Legal Industry, March 2024

Memberships & Roles

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Chamber of Specialist Attorneys SAV Construction and Real Estate Law

Education

2024 – Certified Specialist Attorney SAV Construction and Real Estate Law, University of Fribourg
2016 – Admitted to the bar, Zurich
2012 – Bilingual studies of Law,MLaw, magna cum laude, Universities of Basel and Geneva

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Insights

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