Franziska Bouchard Salary Partner
Qualifications
Lawyer, specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law
Areas of expertise
Special sector knowledge
- Real estate
- Construction
- Energy, infrastructure & environment
- Manufacturing
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Brief biography
- Since 2026 Salary partner at Forvis Mazars
- Since 2025 Mediator for construction disputes under SOBau, and others
- 2023 – 2025 Attorney at a nationwide construction and public procurement law firm in Berlin
- 2022 In-house attorney at a French corporation in Berlin in the area of public-private partnership
- 2017 – 2022 Attorney at a nationally active construction and public procurement law firm in Berlin
- Since 2022 Specialist lawyer in construction and architectural law
- Since 2017 Lawyer
- 2015 – 2017 Legal clerk at the Berlin Court of Appeal
- 2013 – 2015 Worked abroad in the construction department of an international corporation in France
- 2007 – 2012 Studied law at the University of Potsdam – Focus: commercial, tax, and environmental criminal law
Profile
Franziska Bouchard is a specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law and advises clients, construction companies, project developers, and planners on the legal structuring and implementation of complex construction and infrastructure projects. She joined Forvis Mazars as a salary partner in 2026.
Her practice focuses on construction contract and public procurement law, change order and construction schedule management, and project-related conflict avoidance and resolution. She supports projects both in the preparation and execution phases and assists her clients in the legally compliant organization of interfaces, processes, and responsibilities.
A particular focus of her work is on cooperative contract and project models, especially collaborative approaches and partnership-based fee structures. In addition, she deals with the legal issues of digitalization in the construction industry, in particular BIM-based processes, as well as sustainability and ESG requirements.
Her advice is characterized by francophile and international project experience, particularly in supporting cross-border projects and applying international contract standards such as FIDIC. She also has experience from corporate practice, including working as an in-house lawyer for an international corporation in the field of public-private partnerships.
Franziska Bouchard is a mediator for construction disputes under SOBau and regularly acts as a speaker and moderator at specialist events. She volunteers as an expert advisor on law and taxation for the Verband Bauen im Bestand (Association for Building in Existing Contexts).
Participation in professional bodies of the profession and other functions
- Advisory board member for law and taxes, Verband Bauen im Bestand e.V.
- Treasurer, Berlin-Brandenburg regional team of Frauen in der Immobilienwirtschaft e.V.
- Member of the German Bar Association Berlin e.V. and ARGE Baurecht
- Member of the German-French Lawyers' Association e.V.
Publications
- Since 02/2026 – Column “Alles was Recht ist” (Everything that is right) – Trade magazine bd Baumaschinendienst
- “Accessibility of DIN standards as the key to greater transparency and legal certainty?” - Bausachverständige, edition 01/2025, pp. 58-62
- “Building type E – the crux of recognized technical rules” – Bausachverständige, edition 01/2025, pp. 63-64
- Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice ruling of May 28, 2021 - V ZR 24/20, NJW edition 46/2021
Lecturing/teaching positions
- Honorary lecturer in the Department of Technical Facility Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- In-house training courses, particularly on construction time claims, change management, and ESG