FBT Attorneys-at-Law

Contract and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance Law

EXPERTISE

Marco Villa is a partner with FBT and a member of its Corporate and Banking and Finance groups. He is a leading contract and commercial law expert and specializes in corporate and commercial law. He is a former professor on contract and tort law at the University of Lausanne.

He advises individuals and companies of different sizes on domestic as well as cross-border legal issues, namely on banking and finance agreements, mergers and acquisitions, agency and distribution agreements and cooperation agreements. He has a broad experience in the field of private equity as well as in real estate law (transactions, leases, etc.)

Marco Villa is a frequent speaker at professional conferences on corporate and commercial law issues and the author of various publications in this field.

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,  University of Lausanne

French, English, Italian, German

Geneva Bar Association Swiss Bar Association Association genevoise du droit des affaires (AGDA) Centre du droit de l'entreprise (CEDIDAC).

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