Mark John Barmes

Mark Barmes is a senior counsel at our Geneva office, where he is a member of the Litigation and Arbitration and Private Clients groups. Mark contributes actively to the field of wealth planning in Switzerland, particularly in connection with trusts and trust disputes. He also acts for international organisations in employment disputes before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization.

Mark Barmes studied economics and law at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is qualified as a solicitor in Australia (1987) and in England and Wales (1992). He has been registered as a foreign solicitor with the Geneva Bar Association since 1990 and a partner with Lenz & Staehelin from 1998 to 2021.