Gustavo Scartazzini
Prof. Dr. iur. Attorney-at-law (Canton of Geneva), Honorary Professor Legal Counsel- Social Security Law
- Liability and Insurance
- Health Law
- Marriage and Inheritance Law
- Contract Law
- Administrative Law
- Italian
- French
- German
- English

Practice areas
Education
- Law degree, University of Geneva, 1978
- Doctorate in Law (summa cum laude), University of Geneva, 1991
- Bar admission, Canton of Geneva, 1982
- Bar admission, Canton of Graubünden, 1983
- Dr. iur., Habilitation at the University of Basel, 1996
- Titular Professor of Social Insurance Law at the University of Basel, 1998
Practice
- Clerk ad hoc at the Federal Appeals Commission (AVS/AI) in Lausanne, 1979-1981;
- Internship at the Court of the Canton of Geneva and in a Geneva law firm, 1981-1982;
- Clerk at the Swiss Federal Court in Lucerne, 1982-2013;
- Co-founder and editor of the legal journal "SVR-Sozialversicherungsrecht", 1994-2013;
- Deputy Federal Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, 1994-2006;
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Professor Walther Hug Foundation, 1994-1999;
- Lecturer in social security law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel, since 1994/1995;
- Habilitation (social security law) and private lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel, 1995-1998;
- Participation in a research project of the MGU Foundation, University of Basel, 1999-2003;
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prof. Walther Hug Foundation, 1999-2006;
- Chairman of the Conciliation Board of the Swiss University Conference (SUC/CUS), 2006-2012;
- Professor of Public Law and Social Security Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Basel, 2008-2015;
- Arbitrator ad hoc at the Court of Arbitration for Insurance (art. 89 ICL) of the Canton of Vaud, Lausanne, 2009-2010;
- Professor of Public Law and Administrative Law at the Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (USI), 2011-2014;
- Attorney-at-law in Lucerne, attorney-at-law and legal counsel in a law firm in Zurich, 2013-2014;
- Attorney-at-law and legal counsel with a law firm in Zurich, 2014-2015;
- Attorney at Law and legal counsel (admitted to the Zurich Bar Association) in a law firm in Zurich, 2015-2020;
- Since May 2020, attorney-at-law (admitted to the Geneva Bar Association) and legal counsel at SwissLegal Rouiller & Associés in Lausanne.
Further information
- Fédération suisse des avocats (SAV/FSA)
- Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- Grisons Bar Association (BAV)
- Swiss Lawyers Association (SJV)
- Academy of Swiss Insurance Medicine (ASIM), anc. conseiller scient. " Insurance Medicine "
- Institute for Art and Law (IFKUR), University of Heidelberg, Allemagne
- Camera di Commercio italiana per la Svizzera (CCIS), Zurich/Genève/Lugano
Recent Cases
Expertise and mandates in the fields:
- Occupational pension planning
- Social insurance law
- Civil liability law
- Expertise/Abhandlung: "Verbot von Luzerner Kriegsgeschäften, Zur Gültigkeit einer Volksinitiative" (SZS 4/2018)
- Social insurance contributions (habil.) and artists in the field of social insurance
- Military insurance
Publications
"Verbot von Luzerner Kriegsgeschäften": zur Gültigkeit einer Volksinitiative
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Sozialversicherung und berufliche Vorsorge, Stämpfli Verlag, 2018
Die berufliche Vorsorgeeinrichtung im Rahmen der due diligence bei Mergers & Acquisitions-Transaktionen
Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob Newsletter, 2013
Bundessozialversicherungsrecht
4. Auflage, Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag, 2012
Kulturrecht - Kulturmarkt: Lehr- und Praxishandbuch
Dike Verlag, 2012