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Michel Barbey

michel.barbey@borel-barbey.ch +41 22 707 18 00
PRACTICE AREAS
ACTIVITIES
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.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2008

Partner at Borel & Barbey

1999

Associate at Borel & Barbey

1999

New York Bar

1998

Foreign associate at Sullivan & Cromwell (New York)

1998

Columbia University (LLM), New York (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar)

1996

Geneva Bar

1994

Neuchâtel University (lic.iur.)

LANGUAGES

English

French

German

Norwegian

MEMBERSHIPS

Swiss Lawyers Federation

Geneva Bar Association

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)