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Marie-Christine Balzan
Of Counsel. Lawyer, Certified SBA Specialist in Labour Law, Lic. es economic science

Marie-Christine Balzan is mainly active in the field of employment law and regularly advises both local and international companies on all aspects relating to their personnel, including drafting contracts, implementing personnel regulations, compliance with public law regulations, internal investigations as well as setting up elaborate compensation systems (bonuses, profit-sharing plans, etc.). She has extensive experience in complex civil and criminal litigation, particularly in the financial field, and regularly represents her clients before civil and criminal courts. She has also assisted numerous companies in the context of transactions and restructurings, advising them on all aspects of employment law. Due to her former activity as an auditor, Marie-Christine Balzan is also able to draw on her extensive knowledge in financial and accounting matters.

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Marie-Christine Balzan is mainly active in the field of employment law and regularly advises both local and international companies on all aspects relating to their personnel, including drafting contracts, implementing personnel regulations, compliance with public law regulations, internal investigations as well as setting up elaborate compensation systems (bonuses, profit-sharing plans, etc.). She has extensive experience in complex civil and criminal litigation, particularly in the financial field, and regularly represents her clients before civil and criminal courts. She has also assisted numerous companies in the context of transactions and restructurings, advising them on all aspects of employment law. Due to her former activity as an auditor, Marie-Christine Balzan is also able to draw on her extensive knowledge in financial and accounting matters.

Marie-Christine Balzan
Of Counsel. Lawyer, Certified SBA Specialist in Labour Law, Lic. es economic science
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Education
2011
Certified SBA Specialist in Labour Law
1997
Admission to the Swiss and Geneva Bar
1994
Lic. Iur., University of Geneva
1987
Lic. in economic and industrial science, major in business management, University of Geneva.
Professional experience
2020
Of Counsel at TROILLET MEIER RAETZO, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 – 2020
Counsel at BÄR & KARRER SA, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 – 2008
Partner at a Geneva law firm (Bonnand & Warluzel)
2008 – 2009
Court clerk at the Geneva employment law court.
2004 – 2006
Associate at a Geneva law firm (Budin & Associés)
1994 – 2003
Junior Associate, then associate, at a Geneva law firm (Junod, Guyet, Muhlstein & Lévy)
1987 – 1994
Bank auditing at the tax and accounting company Fiducia Revision Bancaire SA, auditing and accountant at Société Fiduciaire et de gérance SA and Coresa SA
Memberships

Member of the Geneva Bar Association
Member of the Swiss Bar Association
Membre de l’Association genevoise des avocats d’affaires

Languages

French
English
Italian

Marie-Christine Balzan
Of Counsel. Lawyer, Certified SBA Specialist in Labour Law, Lic. es economic science
Conférences
Publications

Formation des juges prud’hommes, cours sur le transfert d’entreprise, UOG, 2020.

Conférence sur la préparation d’une nouvelle activité à l’occasion d’un changement d’emploi, Séminaire annuel de formation continue de l’AROSDT, 2019.

Formation des juges prud’hommes, cours sur le congé abusif, UOG, 2019.

Analyse de l’arrêt du Tribunal fédéral 4A_58/2018 portant sur le contrat avec soi-même et l’admissibilité d’une indemnité de départ octroyée au sein d’une société à actionnaire unique, newsletter Droit du travail, Université de Neuchâtel, 2018.