DOMINIQUE SIERRO
LAWYER AND NOTARY
Areas of activity
Notarial services
- Property (sale, division, mortgage deeds, etc.)
- Inheritance law (division, advance in lieu of inheritance, wills)
- Business and management law
- Company law (constitution, modification, etc.), mergers and acquisitions
Barrister / Advisor
- Municipal registration
- Contract law
- Medical and health law
- Administrative law
- Building law
- Land-use planning law
- Hydroelectric power law
- Family law
- Leasing law
- Employment law
Experience / Career
1984 – 2001 and from 2005 : Lawyer, notary and partner at Etude Délèze, Sierro, Pitteloud, later Cour de Gare, Avocats & Notaires
2004 : Master’s in Economics and Health Administration (University of Lausanne: HEC and Faculty of Medicine)
2001 – 2004 : Director of Sion Hospital
1985 : License to practise as a lawyer (Valais)
1984 : License to practise as a notary (Valais)
1982 : Degree in law from the University of Fribourg
Professional associations
Member of the Association des avocats valaisans and Fédération suisse des avocats
Member of the Association des Notaires valaisans and Fédration suisse des notaires
Languages
French, German, English
Other activities
Main political appointments
1991 – 1992 : President of the Grand Council of Valais (Parliament of the Canton of Valais)
1983 – 1993 : Member of the Grand Council of Valais
1993 – 2001 : President of Hérémence municipal council
Main voluntary appointments
1986 – 2001 : President of the Groupement de Population de montagne du Valais romand
1998 – 2001 : President and founder of the Association des communes concédantes (hydroélectriques)
1991 – 2001 : Committee member, Groupement suisse pour les régions de montagne (SAB)
1995 – 2001 : Committee member, Association Européenne des élus de la montagne (AEM)
Main professional commitments
General secretary of the Société médicale du Valais
Member of the Board of Directors, CTESIAS SA
President of the St-Joseph Foundation
Board member, Don Bosco – Ste-Agnès Foundation
President of the Foundation for Hospital Staff
Former director of Forces motrices valaisannes S.A. (FMV)
Former director of Rhonewerke A.G. (RHOWAG)
Former director of Energie Sion Région S.A. (ESR)
Former President of Valplantes
Former President of Forêt-Bois-Valais / Lignum Valais
Numerous other appointments in the areas of health, social affairs, industry, tourism and agriculture
Military service
Colonel – former Deputy to the Auditor-in-Chief of the Swiss army