Marc Joost is a business lawyer with many years of international experience and a partner at Silk Attorneys at Law. He advises companies and entrepreneurs on complex national and cross-border issues and combines in-depth legal expertise with a strong understanding of economic and industrial contexts.
His work as head of the global legal and compliance function of a listed international machine tool group – including several years in Japan – as well as his experience as managing director of an industrial company in Germany characterize his pragmatic, solution-oriented consulting style. Clients benefit from his ability to realistically classify legal risks and to develop legally secure solutions that are at the same time economically viable.
Main areas of activity
- International trade and distribution law
- Export control and sanctions law
- Industrial, mechanical and plant engineering
- M&A
- Corporate Governance & Compliance
- Corporate and contract law
- External General Counsel function for international companies
Career
- Partner – Silk Attorneys-at-Law, 2022-2024 and since 2026
- Managing Director – machine tool company, Germany, 2024-2025
- Head of Legal & Compliance – listed international machine tool group, 2012- 2022 (including 5 years in Japan)
- Senior Legal Counsel – international private equity group, Zurich, 2010 – 2012
- LL.M. corporate & commercial law, Sydney, Australia, 2009 – 2010
- Lawyer – leading international law firm, Zurich, 2007 – 2009
- Admitted to the bar, 2006
- Legal Clerk – District Court of Lenzburg, 2005 – 2006
- Licentiate University of Zurich and Pamplona, Spain, 2004
Other professional activities
- Board of Directors in various domestic and foreign companies
Memberships
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Languages
- German
- English
- Spanish
