Lawyers
Michel Barbey
Partner
Languages
French, English, German, Norwegian
Expertise
Michel Barbey advises financial institutions and entrepreneurs on their business transactions. He is recognized in Switzerland as one of the few specialists in the field of mergers and acquisitions of banks and other financial institutions.
Michel Barbey regularly advises Swiss and foreign financial institutions on regulatory and contractual matters.
Memberships
Swiss Lawyers Federation
Geneva Bar AssociationEducation and Professional Experience
1994 Neuchâtel University (lic.iur.)
1996 Geneva Bar
1998 Columbia University (LLM), New York (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar)
1998 Foreign associate at Sullivan & Cromwell (New York)
1999 New York Bar
1999 Associate at Borel & Barbey
2008 Partner at Borel & Barbey
1996 Geneva Bar
1998 Columbia University (LLM), New York (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar)
1998 Foreign associate at Sullivan & Cromwell (New York)
1999 New York Bar
1999 Associate at Borel & Barbey
2008 Partner at Borel & Barbey
Publications
Chapters on the termination of the asset management agreement (« La fin du contrat ») and management of assets under legal constraints (« Les cas de gestion sous contraintes légales ») in Le mandat de gestion de fortune (2. ed.), Schulthess, Geneva (2017)
"L'Avocat Agent payeur au sens de l'accord sur la fiscalité de l'épargne", Bulletin No 41 de l'Ordre des avocats de Genève, Genève (2005)
From IFA to CISA, in Brief, London (2004)
"Switzerland proposes to revise its legislation on Investment Funds", Mondaq, London (2004)
Securitization: Asset-Backed Financing Developments, Switzerland, a Legal Guide, London (2000)
Chapters on Switzerland and Trusts in Civil Law Jurisdictions; Matthew Bender, International Estate Planning, New York (2000)