
CONSTANTINA
LAW FIRM
NEUCHATEL
Compensation claims for torts, personal injury, professional malpraxis, medical malpraxis, breach of contract, hidden defect, loss of income, loss of profit, future damages, moral damages, old age and disability insurance, accident insurance, loss of earnings insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance, disability pension, widow's or widower's pension, daily allowances, daily care allowance etc.
WHO WE ARE

CATALINA CONSTANTINA
Attorney at law
Certified mediator
Independent arbitrator
Background :
Since 2017 - Attorney at law and SBA mediator, Neuchâtel
2014-2016 - Traineeship with a law firm and the Court of Appeals, Neuchâtel
2011-2013 - Foreign attorney, international arbitration, Fribourg
2007-2010 - Traineeship, Bucarest, Paris and London
Education :
2019 - FSA-SAV mediator certification
2017 - Admitted to practice in Switzerland
2016 - CAS in mediation (Sion)
2011 - Admitted to practice in Romania (and the EU)
2008 - Masters, Litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods, Paris II Assas
2007 - Double BA, University of Bucarest (magna cum laude), Paris I - Sorbonne (magna cum laude)
Affiliations :
Neuchatel Bar Association (OAN)
Swiss Bar Association (FSA-SAV)
Bucarest Bar Association (passive)
Preferred field : contract and tort law (civil liability, malpraxis) and insurances
Publications :
François Bohnet/Catalina Constantina, L'arbitrabilité des conflits individuels de travail, in Bohnet/Dunand/Mahon (ed.), Procédures en droit du travail, Neuchâtel 2020
François Bohnet/Catalina Constantina, Jurisprudence des juridictions suisses, in Bohnet et al, Conventions et protocoles de la Haye annotés, recueil annoté avec les jurisprudences des juridictions belges, françaises, luxembourgeoises et suisses ainsi que des juridictions européennes (CEDH et CJUE) / sous la dir. de Guillaume Payan, Bruxelles 2020
Défaut de préalable de conciliation: moment de l’invocation et principe de la bonne foi (note sous l'arrêt du TF 5A_347/2018 du 26 octobre 2018), RSPC 1/2019
Working languages
French, English, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (passive knowledge), German (intermediate)

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
Robert Louis Stevenson
PRACTICE
AREAS
CIVIL LIABILITY
Defense of your rights and negotiation with insurance companies or other parties involved regarding compensation for damages and moral wrongs resulting from an accident, medical error, liability of the vehicle owner, liability of the building owner, liability of the animal owner, a hidden defect, a fault, as well as any other illicit act or contractual fault.
INSURANCE
Accident insurance, old age and disability, loss of earnings, illness, unemployment etc.
CRIMINAL LAW
Defending your rights in criminal proceedings
LEASE LAW
Defects in the rented item, reduction in rent, wrongful termination, retaliatory termination, eviction, etc.
FAMILY LAW
Marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, child custody, parental authority, liquidation of matrimonial property, etc.
MEDIATION
Family mediation; commercial mediation
IMMIGRATION LAW
Migration, asylum, residence permits, family reunification and reverse family reunification, naturalisation, etc.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Changes to employment contracts, overtime pay, harassment, bullying, unfair dismissal, etc.
ROAD TRAFFIC
Traffic accidents, criminal orders, fines, withdrawal of driving licence, etc.
Our offices are located in Neuchâtel city center at the address:
Rue Saint-Honoré 2
2000 Neuchatel
Floor: 2nd
Wheelchair-friendly (elevator)
Neuchâtel main train station: 950m
Neuchâtel, Place Pury: 190m
Bus stop: Neuchâtel Saint-Honoré
Closest parking lots: the Post office ; the Harbor (Port) ; Place Pury
Tel: +41 (0)32 710 10 21
Fax: +41 (0)32 725 06 93
IDE-202.448.269
Banking details:
Raiffeisen, Raiffeisenplatz, CH-9001 St. Gallen
IBAN CH32 8080 8002 4489 0925 2;
IID : 80808
SWIFT BIC : RAIFCH22