Dr Marco Villa > FBT Attorneys-at-Law > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
FBT Attorneys-at-Law Offices
RUE DU 31-DÉCEMBRE 47
CASE POSTALE 6120
1211 GENEVA 6
Switzerland
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Dr Marco Villa
Work Department
Contract and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance Law
Position
Partner – Marco Villa is a leading contract and commercial law expert. He specializes in corporate and commercial law and advises individuals, banks and companies of different sizes on domestic as well as cross-border legal issues, notably in the fields of business, finance and commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions operations and agency and distribution agreements. He also has a broad experience in private equity as well as in real estate law (transactions, leases etc.). Marco Villa is a former professor on contracts and torts law at the University of Lausanne. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences on corporate and commercial law issues and the author of various publications in this field.
Career
Since 2004 : Partner, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva
2000-2004 : Professor, Law School, University of Lausanne
1998-2004 : Associate, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva
1995-1997 : Trainee Lawyer, FBT Avocats SA, Geneva
1994-1995 : Court Clerk, Canton of Vaud Tribunal
1988-1993 : Research Assistant, CEDIDAC, Corporate Law Department, Lausanne University
Languages
French, English, Italian, German
Memberships
Geneva Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Association genevoise du droit des affaires (AGDA)
Centre du droit de l’entreprise (CEDIDAC).
Education
1999 – Admission to the New York Bar
1999 – LL.M., University of Columbia, Law School, New York
1997 – Admission to the Geneva Bar
1995 – Ph.D., University of Lausanne
1988 – Law Degree, University of Lausanne
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
FBT Attorneys-at-Law advises Swiss and foreign banks, securities dealers, insurance companies, investment fund and fund management companies, collective asset managers, asset managers and family offices on banking and finance regulations, including securities dealers, market infrastructure and derivatives, collective investment schemes, and financial services. The firm has a special focus on Swiss-French cross-border issues and often collaborates with its Paris office. Team head Frédérique Bensahel has expertise in banking and financial regulation, investment funds, cross-border activities, securities offering, collective investment schemes (both regulatory and contractual aspects), private equity and asset management, and complex financial disputes. Marco Villa advises large domestic and international banks and financial companies on banking contract law and financial regulations while Jean-Marie Kiener has expertise in derivatives and market infrastructure.