Lic. iur. HSG Bruno M. Bernasconi, LL.M. (N.Y.U.)
e-mail: b.bernasconi
Born: March 14, 1959, Zurich, Switzerland
Citizenship: Swiss
Languages: German, French, English, Italian, Spanish
After having followed law studies at the University of St. Gallen (1979-1985)
Bruno Bernasconi graduated from that University with the degree "lic. iur. HSG".
His diplomathesis written in 1984 dealt with the impact of intellectual property
rights in cross-border trade between the European Community and Switzerland.
After clerking
in 1986 for courts in the french speaking part of Switzerland, he entered the
postgraduate LL.M. program at New York University School of Law (1986-1987) and
graduated from N.Y.U. in 1987 with an LL.M. in Trade Regulation. After his
return to Switzerland and preparatory professional work at one of the larger law
firms in Basel he took the Bar exam in 1990. Since then he is admitted to the
Bar in Switzerland.
The year 1990 also marks his entrance into the private practice of law as a founding partner
of Bernasconi & Bernasconi.
Bruno Bernasconi is a member of the Swiss (SAV) and Cantonal (AAV) Bar
Associations, various other professional associations, such as the American Bar Association (ABA), the
International Bar Association (IBA), the International Fiscal Association (IFA),
the Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA), the Swiss Association for Land Use
Planning (Vereinigung für Landesplanung; VLP), the Swiss Society for
Environmental Law (Vereinigung für Umweltrecht; VUR), the Swiss Society for
Business Management (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft; SGB),
and Chambers of Commerce (Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce; Camera di
Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera).
He serves on the boards of a number of Swiss companies doing business in the areas of real
estate, financing, and technology.
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