ZENA GOOSSENS-BADRAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW, PARTNER
Member of the Geneva Bar
SBA-Certified Specialist, Construction and Real Estate Law
Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Immobilières
Judge-Advisor – Tenancy Court
+41 22 839 70 00
zgoossensbadran@avocats.ch
French
English

Zena Goossens-Badran advises individual and institutional clients on real estate-related issues, mainly involving rental agreements, usufructuary leases and condominium ownership. Her experience as a juge assesseur (judge-advisor) with the Tenancy Court gives her a thorough understanding of the issues facing her clients.

FIELDS OF SPECIALISATION

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Drafting and negotiating contracts, including leases, brokerage, architect and construction project contracts
  • Tenancy law
  • Construction and spatial planning law
  • Rights in rem, in particular property law, ground lease rights, easements and mortgages
  • Neighbour law
  • Sale and acquisition of real estate, including by foreigners

LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

  • Legal representation of individuals and legal entities before civil and administrative courts
  • Advises on real estate contract law
  • Arbitration in commercial leasing matters

EDUCATION/CAREER

2024
Partner, Étude Junod Halpérin

2007 – 2024
Partner, Ming Halpérin Burger Inaudi, Geneva

2017
SBA-Certified Specialist, Construction and Real Estate Law

2007 – 2016
Associate, Ming Halpérin Burger Inaudi, Geneva

2007
Degree from the Institut d’Etudes immobilières (IEI), Geneva

2003 – 2006
Associate, Keppeler & Associés, Geneva

2002 – 2003
Associate, Peyrot & Associés, Geneva

2001
Admission to Geneva Bar

1999 – 2001
Trainee lawyer, Keppeler & Associés, Geneva

1999
Law degree (lic. iur.), University of Geneva

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Associations:

  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
  • Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
  • Wipswiss - Women in Property Switzerland Association
  • Horizon Léman

Additional activities:

2013 - present
Judge-Advisor, Tenancy Court, Geneva

2013 - present
Lecturer in Tenancy Law, Formation Immoplus, APGCI, Geneva

2019 - present
Lecturer in Civil Law and Tenancy Law, SVIT SCHOOL, Formation Economie Immobilière, Geneva

2019 - present
Member of the Attorney Examination Board (Commission d'examens des avocats-es), Geneva

2020 - present
Secretary, Association pour l'Arbitrage en matière de Baux Commerciaux (ABC), Geneva

2024 - present
Speaker at the Law Marathon, Geneva Bar Association

2025 - present
Member of the Foundation Board of Fondation Lord Michelham of Hellingly

Publications

BAIL À LOYER

2022
ZENA GOOSSENS-BADRAN
Sprint de l’immobilier, Genève : « La preuve du motif du congé économique au regard de l’arrêt 4A_448/2021
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DROIT DE LA CONSTRUCTION

2021
ZENA GOOSSENS-BADRAN
Sprint de l’immobilier, Genève : « Pompantes les PAC ! »
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PPE

2018
ZENA GOOSSENS-BADRAN
Sprint de l’immobilier, Genève : « SIAL-PPE : lecture de l’arrêt 1C_123/2017 du 23 novembre 2017
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Courtage immobilier

2016
ZENA GOOSSENS-BADRAN
Sprint de l’immobilier, Genève : « Le salaire du courtier : droit et déchéance en deux arrêts »
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Conferences

Pas de conférences