Daniele Calvarese, born 1961





Education and Bar Status:

  • University of Bern, lic. jur., 1987
  • Admitted to the Bar, 1989
  • Professional Experience
    • Trainee, Velo & Associati, Lugano, Geneva and New York, 1987-1989
    • Trainee, Lugano District Court, 1989
    • General Counsel of the legal Department of Swiss Volksbank
      (CREDIT SUISSE Group), Lugano, 1990-1996
    • Partner, Simonetti & Calvarese, Lugano, 1997-2003
    • Partner, Simonetti Calvarese Naef, Lugano, since 2004
    • Investigator of the Swiss Bankers' Association, since 2005


    • Memberships
    • Ticino and Swiss Bar Associations
    • Proteus - International Network of Law Firms


    • Languages
    • Italian, German, English, French and Spanish  


    • Practice Areas
    • Corporate and Business Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Reorganisation and
      Workouts, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Tax Law, Estate and Trust Administration