Markus Holenstein
Attorney at Law, lic. iur., Certified Specialist SBA construction and real estate law
Languages
- German
- English
Main Practice Areas
- Public building law (building permits, planning approvals, building outside the building area, planning law, expropriation law, environmental law, pollution legacy issues, protection of landmark buildings)
- Condominium ownership (establishment, regulations, resolutions, conflicts) and other owners’ associations
- Neighboring rights (immissions, distances and dimensions of buildings and plants, easements)
- Rural land law
- Communal law and general administrative law
- Private building law (contracts for work services, sales contracts and brokerage agreements, contract law, consortia)
Career
- Partner at Steinbrüchel Hüssy, 2023
- Self-employed lawyer as partner in various law firms, 2013-2023
- Admission as a specialist lawyer for construction and real estate law, 2015
- Attorney at law firm specializing in construction and real estate law Sigrist Wipfli Meisser, 2010-2013
- Clerk of the Court of Appeal for Construction, 2004–2009
- Admission to the Bar, 2004
- Clerk and arbitrator in rental and lease cases at the District Court of Uster, 2001-2004
- Legal trainee at a law firm specializing in liability law, 2000-2001
- Master of law, University of Zurich, 2000
Memberships
- Swiss Bar Association SAV
- Zurich Bar Association ZAV
- Specialists SBA Real Estate and Construction Law
- Specialist Group Building Law of the Zurich Bar Association
- Swiss Conference of Secretaries of Public Works
- Swiss Spatial Planning Association EspaceSuisse
Markus Holenstein
E-Mail: mholenstein@steinlex.ch
Telephone: +41 44 269 4000
Telefax: +41 44 269 4001
Steinbrüchel Hüssy
Attorneys at Law
Grossmünsterplatz 8
CH-8001 Zürich