Florian Chaudet

Ph. D. in law

Specialist SBA family law

Mediator SBA

CEDR accredited mediator

Florian Chaudet joined CBWM Avocats in 2002. He is active in two main areas: (a) family law, in the context of private difficulties and disputes (litigation), in particular in the event of separation of the spouses (protection of the marital union measures) and of divorce (see the ‘family and divorce’ section of the ‘specialisations’ page on this website for the details of the scope of practice), regionally or internationally, (b) commercial law and business advice. Florian Chaudet has a long-standing practice in negotiation and has successfully completed the mediator training organised by the Swiss Bar Association in collaboration with an academic course director, as well as the Mediator Skills Training International Accreditation Programme of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (located in London); he is also active in the field of mediation and can act either as a mediator or as counsel to a client involved in a mediation process, in either French or English. Florian Chaudet is a mediator accredited by the Vaud Cantonal Court.

After working as an ad hoc clerk of the Court and as Assistant at Lausanne university, and obtaining his Ph.D. and his Bar exam in 2001, Florian Chaudet spent a year in England to improve his practice of legal English, including contract drafting in the banking field. Florian Chaudet is presently chair of a society aimed at preserving the shoreline of lakes in the Vaud canton (since 2011); he is also a member of the Mediation Commission of the Vaud Bar Association (OAV). Florian Chaudet was a member of the SBA (Swiss Bar Association) specialised commission responsible for the field of the “Certified Specialist in Family Law” (from 2010 to 2025), of which he was also the president (from 2016 to 2025) (this body is responsible, in collaboration with an academic directorate, for training specialist family lawyers); Florian Chaudet was also a member and secretary of the committee of an International School (from 2004 to 2010) and a member of a foundation board (music school) (from 2012 to 2016); he was as well director of a company active in wine business (from 2005 to 2021) and of an association committee aiming at a mountain resort preservation (from 2013 to 2025).

Activities

• Since 2008  Partner at CBWM Avocats
• Since 2002  Associate at CBWM Avocats
• 1999-2001  Legal trainee (Baumgartner, Wellauer, Lei Ravello et Diserens law firm)
• 1996 – 1998  Assistant to Professor Guy Mustaki, University of Lausanne, HEC, for « Concepts and principles of law »
• 1996 – 1998  Ad hoc clerk of the District Court of Lausanne

Training

• 2023  CEDR accredited mediator
• 2023  Mediator SBA
• 2013  C.A.S family law
• 2001  Attorney
• 2001  Ph. D. in Law from the University of Lausanne
• 1995  Law degree

• French
• English
• German

• Commercial and corporate law
• Contract law
• Family law and divorce
• Private wealth and family office
• Mediation

Publications

• Les enjeux de l’intervention des avocats en médiation, in Revue de l’avocat 6-7/2025, pp. 283 ss.
• Droit suisse des affaire (dont notamment la partie “Entreprise, famille, mariage, divorce, filiation et succession”) (co-auteur de l’ensemble de l’ouvrage avec François Chaudet, Juan Carlos Landrove, Valérie Junod et Alain Macaluso, Helbing Lichtenhahn, Bâle, 4^eédition 2022 [1400 pages traitant de très nombreux aspects de la vie des affaires]).
• La constitution d’un domicile en droit international privé, in Revue de l’avocat 9/2018, pages 377 ss.
• Le droit de consultation du registre des poursuites en relation avec l’inscription de poursuites frappées d’opposition non levée : quelques vœux et quelques pistes en faveur du poursuivi concernant l’art. 8a LP, avec Me Peter Schaufelberger, in De Lege Negotiorum, pages 317 ss, Genève 2009.
• Ajournement de la faillite de la société anonyme, conditions, effets, compétences et responsabilité (article 725a CO) », (thèse de doctorat, 2001).

Cours et conférences (intervenant)

• Le 26 avril 2024, intervention dans le cadre de la formation de spécialistes FSA en droit de la famille, 3^ème volée, à l’Université de Genève, sur le thème : Le rôle de l’avocat.
• Le 22 mars 2024, intervention dans le cadre de la formation de spécialistes FSA en droit de la famille, 3^ème volée, à l’Université de Genève, sur le thème : Entreprise et liquidation du régime matrimonial.
• Le 8 février 2024, conférence donnée lors du colloque « Les Matinées du Patrimoine » organisé par le Centre de droit notarial de l’Université de Lausanne sur le thème : Entreprise dans le divorce.
• Le 29 novembre 2023, dans le cadre de l’Université de Lausanne, facultés des lettres et des géosciences, conférence donnée en tant que Président de l’Association pour la Préservation des Rives des Lacs vaudois (APRIL) sur le thème : Cadre juridique du statut des lacs suisses et vaudois.
• Le 23 février 2023, Format Capsule, séminaire organisé à l’Université de Genève par les Professeures Audrey Leuba, Marie-Laure Papaux Van Delden et Michelle Cottier et portant sur les jurisprudences récentes en droit civil (mariage, filiation, divorce, personnalité et successions) : élaboration de la documentation éditée dans ce cadre concernant la partie procédure ; intervention correspondante comme conférencier.