- Member of the Bern Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association
- Vice-Chairman of the Land Improvement Commission of the Canton of Berne
- Vice-president of the TCS section Bienne-Seeland
Over the decades, the law and notary firm Frôté & Partner has developed considerable expertise in assisting SMEs and family businesses.
Frôté & Partner
Place Centrale 51
P.O. Box 480
CH-2501 Biel-Bienne
Fax +41 32 323 18 79
Frôté & Partner
Faubourg du Lac 11
P.O. Box 2333
CH-2001 Neuchâtel
Fax +41 32 722 17 07
Frôté & Partner
Westbahnhofstrasse 1
Postfach 333
CH-4502 Solothurn
Fax +41 32 628 26 20
Our law firm offers you the complementary skills of general practitioners and lawyers specializing in various areas of law, supporting professionals, businesses and individuals.
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Our extensive network of partners and the pooling of our skills with those of Dynafisc Frôté and Schoeb Frôté SA enable us to offer global services under the F&P brand, and thus to extend our range of services to the following areas:
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Frôté & Partner is a multilingual law firm with offices in Biel, Neuchâtel and Solothurn, handling all legal matters in French, German, English and Italian. Our experienced staff, some of whom are highly specialized, have strong regional roots as well as extensive international experience.
Our natural respect for our customers and our willingness to listen to them drive us to act exclusively in their interests, and define the quality of our services. Our corporate governance ensures the highest ethical standards. With the benefit of expertise acquired over three generations, we are now in a position to present ourselves to companies and individuals as both generalists and specialists in each branch of the law.
Frôté & Partner is a multilingual law firm with offices in Biel, Neuchâtel and Solothurn, handling all legal matters in French, German and English. Our experienced staff, some of whom are highly specialized, have strong regional roots as well as extensive international experience.
Our natural respect for our customers and our willingness to listen to them drive us to act exclusively in their interests, and define the quality of our services. Our corporate governance ensures the highest ethical standards. With the benefit of expertise acquired over three generations, we are now in a position to present ourselves to companies and individuals as both generalists and specialists in each branch of the law.
The Frôté & Partner law firm can answer all your legal questions or problems requiring the intervention or advice of a lawyer.
Our services are aimed primarily at small and large companies operating regionally or internationally, as well as private individuals.
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After being admitted to the Bern Bar in November 1979, François Frôté joined Frôté & Partner SA. After practising as a barrister for several years, François Frôté gradually developed a consultancy business and took on various directorships.
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Born in 1959, Urs Wüthrich joined the firm in 1987. He works as a barrister.
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Born in 1960, Marc Labbé joined the firm in 1990, after several years as Clerk and President e.o. of the Moutier District Court.
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Born in 1972, Markus Jordi joined us in 2007 after several years with a national and international law firm with offices in Zurich and Bern. Prior to this, in 1998, he worked in corporate consulting for a medium-sized trustee firm, of which he was one of the co-founders.
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Frôté Gilles
Partner, lic. iur., LL. M., Lawyer
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Daniel Gehrig is a qualified lawyer and notary in the Canton of Berne, and holds a postgraduate diploma (CAS Forensics) from the University of Lucerne (Public Prosecutor’s Academy).
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Bättig Andreas
Partner, lic. iur., LL. M., Lawyer
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Helbling Antoine
Lic. sc. Ec and qualified tax expert.
Mr Helbling has been working with our firm since March 2010. He previously worked for the Administration Fiscale Neuchâteloise, where he gained extensive practical experience in a variety of tax matters. He also has extensive experience in guardianship matters. His knowledge of tax, economics and accounting enables him to provide services to companies and individuals in the areas of business restructuring, acquisitions and sales, tax planning in the field of real estate, inheritance and gifts, and occupational pensions.
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Michael Imhof joined Frôté & Partner SA in 2014. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of Neuchâtel, and has extensive knowledge of commercial law. After graduating in law, he worked for 2 years with the main judicial authorities in the canton of Bern, before joining our law firm as a lawyer. His main area of practice is general litigation, with a specialization in corporate law. Michael Imhof is also a deputy member of the Canton of Bern Lawyers’ Supervisory Authority and an expert at the HEG-ARC. He practices mainly before the courts of the cantons of Bern, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Jura.
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Rachel Gagnebin D’Onofrio joined the firm in 1999. Her practice focuses mainly on liability law and the calculation of damages, as well as other areas such as corporate law, in which she has been able to develop her skills.
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Nolwenn Fromaigeat joined Frôté & Partner SA in 2017, first as an intern and then as a legal employee. Since 2024, she has worked as an associate notary in our firm.
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Melanie Wälchli is admitted to the bar in the Canton of Berne. Since 2022, she has worked as a lawyer at our firm.
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Christopher De Sousa practices exclusively as a notary in all areas of notarial practice, mainly in real estate and commercial matters. After 5 years with a firm in Neuchâtel, Christopher De Sousa joined forces with Vincent Codoni in Val-de-Travers.
On request, he also consults at the Neuchâtel offices of Frôté & Partner SA.
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Assumant exclusivement la fonction de notaire, Me Christopher De Sousa pratique dans tous les domaines du notariat, principalement en matière immobilière et commerciale. Après avoir exercé pendant 5 ans auprès d’une Etude neuchâteloise, Me Christopher De Sousa s’est associé avec Me Vincent Codoni au Val-de-Travers.
On request, he also consults at the Neuchâtel offices of Etude Frôté & Partner SA.
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Born in Neuchâtel in October 1961, Pascal HOFER holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Neuchâtel and has been a Neuchâtel notary since 1989.
After working as a partner in a Neuchâtel law firm, he co-founded Hofer & Piller and manages the Boudry office. On request, he also consults in the Neuchâtel office.
Drawing on his many years of experience as a notary, he offers his clients tailor-made support, particularly in the areas of property law, commercial law, family law and inheritance law.
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