Frederic Favre was admitted in Lyon as Tax and Legal Counsel in 1989 and then as a Lawyer with tax certification on the Lyon Bar in 1992 and on the Paris Bar from 1993 until 2025. Further to 5 years initial practice in France (1983 - 1988 and then from 1993 to 1994), Mr. Favre was licensed as a foreign practitioner in Tokyo (1989 - 1992) and then in Hanoi (1995 - 1997).

Since 1998, Frederic Favre is VOVAN & ASSOCIES Co., Ltd, Partner for Asia. From the Bangkok office he developed a network of independent law firms. From 2003, Frederic also anchored in Thailand, TROCADELYO, a cross border business advisory group of companies.  In 2005 Frederic Favre became the co-founder of and vice president of the Franco-Thai solidarity Committee and in 2009 of the AsiAfrica Foundation. From 2019 TROCADELYO group operates a Thai Joint Venture with GORIOUX, a French Accounting, Audit and Tax group

Meanwhile, Frederic Favre was Vice-President of the Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce and then the President of the French Foreign Trade advisers Thailand chapter. Frederic was also the treasurer of the initial Thai European Business Council. Currently Frederic Favre is a member of the THAC Mediation Center and of the Thai Institute of Directors. From 2020, he is among the Executive Board Members of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), Thailand chapter.

Mr. Favre taught European Law in Seoul, he is the author of and contributor of many academic articles, conference presentations, about Japan, Thailand the Greater Mekong Sub-Region and ASEAN.

He graduated from law school in Lyon and from the ISG MBA program in Paris, New York and Tokyo. In 2005, Frederic Favre was honored by the French Government to the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite”.