1985
Guy Fontanet, former president of the Geneva State Government, over 12 years in charge of the justice and police department, establishes the firm with his son, Bénédict Fontanet who himself follows the call of public office during over 15 years alongside his professional activities as a lawyer.
2006
As a consequence of it’s development, the firm moves it’s offices from the Rue du Rhône to larger premises at Grand-Rue in the heart of Geneva’s old town.
2020
The firms currently counts twenty-three partners, associates, advisors and interns. The team is composed of a University Professor, a UK Solicitor, a former Geneva State Chancellor, three Judges (Assessor and Deputy Judges)…and the third generation of the Fontanet Family.