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Mr Massimo Chiasera

+41 58 261 55 33 massimo.chiasera@baerkarrer.ch View profile

Work Department

White Collar Crime / Internal Investigations

Position

Massimo Chiasera’s practice focuses on white-collar crime, internal investigations, domestic and cross-border litigation as well as international judicial and administrative assistance.

He advises and represents clients in internal and regulatory investigations led by Swiss and foreign authorities, in complex compliance matters (including money laundering as well as anti-bribery and corruption) and in criminal proceedings.

Massimo Chiasera has an in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry, based on his prior experience as a Litigation & Investigations Counsel at a major Swiss bank where he managed a wide range of internal investigations, white collar and whistleblowing proceedings. In parallel to his work at Bär & Karrer, he was a former prosecutor of the Office of the Swiss Armed Forces Attorney General and now acts as a presiding judge within the Swiss Military Justice Corps.

He is listed as a “Rising Star” in the white-collar crime category by Euromoney Legal Media Group (2020, 2021 and 2022).

Career

• Partner at Bär & Karrer (2023)
• Associate at Bär & Karrer (2018-2022)
• Presiding judge within the Swiss Military Justice (since 2022)
• Litigation & Investigations Counsel und Compliance Specialist at a major Swiss bank (2012-2018)
• Executive board member of the Swiss Corporate Counsels Association (VSUJ) (2015-2018)
• Prosecutor of the Office of the Swiss Armed Forces Attorney General and Department Head (2016-2021)
• Investigative Judge of the Office of the Armed Forces Attorney General (2011-2015)
• Lawyer at a Swiss law firm (2011-2012)
• Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2011)
• Trainee at a Swiss law firm (2009-2010)

Languages

German, English, Italian, French

Memberships

• Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Education

• University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley): LL.M. (2017); Certificate of Specialization in Business Law; Honors: Dean’s List
• University of Lucerne, Competence Center for Forensics and White Collar Crime Law: CAS in Forensics (2011)
• University of Zurich: lic. iur. (2009)
• University of Siena, Italy: Erasmus-Sokrates program (2007)