Contract and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance Law

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

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

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 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 contract and tort 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.

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