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Matthias Bizzarro

About

Matthias Bizzarro is a certified tax expert and lecturer in tax law at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI).

He is mainly active on all aspects of domestic and international corporate tax law and tax planning for Swiss and foreign private clients.

Matthias Bizzarro further has gathered many years of experience in advising and representing private clients in civil law matters, with a focus on estate and wealth planning, as well as in matters of relocations to Switzerland.

He also advises in matters of general contract law, corporate and commercial law, regularly providing advice on corporate transactions (including start-up financing rounds).

Finally, in the past ten years he has gathered broad experience in representing corporate clients and individuals in front of Cantonal and federal courts, in particular in tax and administrative cases.

Matthias Bizzarro regularly speaks and publishes articles on topics related to his areas of practice and since 2023 has been co-responsible for the legal module of the EXPERTsuisse training programme in preparation for the federal examinations to become a certified tax expert

LanguagesGerman, Italian, French, English, Spanish
Curriculum
  • Partner at Bär & Karrer (since 2023)
  • Prosecutor for the Swiss Military Justice, Region 3 (since 2022)
  • Certified Tax Expert (2020)
  • Lucerne University: Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Forensics (2018)
  • Military Investigative Judge (2017-2022)
  • Georgetown University Law Center: LL.M. in Taxation, with Certificate in International Taxation (2017)
  • University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI): CAS in Taxation Fundamentals (2016)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (2015-2022)
  • Admitted to the Ticino Bar (2014)
  • Law Clerk at the Lugano District Court (2014)
  • Trainee at Bär & Karrer (2012-2014)
  • University of Lucerne: MLaw (2012)
  • Northwestern University School of Law: Student exchange (2012)
  • Summer trainee at Bär & Karrer, Lugano office (2011)
  • Summer trainee at a Swiss law firm in Zurich (2010)
  • University of Lucerne: BLaw (2010)
  • Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Walter Fellmann (2010-2011)
Memberships and Public Offices
  • Member of the editorial board of the tax journal "Novità Fiscali"
  • Member of EXPERTsuisse
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Member and delegate to the SAV of the Ticino Bar
  • Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Tax Law Competence Center
  • Module leader for the Law module as part of the EXPERTsuisse course to prepare for the federal examinations to become a certified tax expert.
AdmissionAll Swiss Courts

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Contact

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Via Vegezzi 6
CH-6901 Lugano
Switzerland

Bär & Karrer
Via Maistra 2
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland

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