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Aline Couchepin Romero

Aline couchepin

Biography

Aline Couchepin Romerio founded Couchepin Romerio Law Firm in 2007, after working as a lawyer at Bernasconi & Riva in Lugano from 1996 to 2006. Born in Martigny into a large family, she grew up in Valais and later in Bern. In 1988, she obtained a classical high school diploma in Latin/Greek from the French Gymnasium in Biel and, in 1993, a bilingual law degree (French/German) with “magna cum laude” honors from the University of Fribourg.

Aline Couchepin Romerio has lived in Ticino since 1993. She has held the bar qualification for the Canton of Ticino since 1996 and the notary qualification since 1999.

Daughter of Anne Marie Cottier and the late François Couchepin, Aline Couchepin Romerio is married to Massimo Romerio-Giudici and is the mother of three children. She enjoys work, reading, people, music, art, the wind, and the mountains.

Member

  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association
  • Member of the Bar Association of the Canton of Ticino
  • Member of the Notary Association of the Canton of Ticino

Special contributions

  • Collaboration with the online journal Commercial Arbitration by Dr. iur. Francesco Trezzini, LL.M
  • 1st prize for his article on “Federal Product Liability Law”.
  • Participation in criminal proceedings before the Federal Criminal Court, Bellinzona
  • Representation of children in international child abduction proceedings (cf. SR 211.222.32 Federal Act on International Child Abduction and the Hague Conventions on the Protection of Children and Adults) and in family law proceedings governed by the Civil Code

Professional activities

  • Opening of her law firm

    2007

  • Notary internship at the Commercial Register and Land Register of Lugano

    1999

  • Lawyer at Bernasconi & Riva Law Firm, Lugano

    1996 – 2006

  • Lawyer and notary internship at Bernasconi & Riva Law Firm, Lugano

    1994 – 1996

  • Internship at the Civil Court of the District of Lugano and Mendrisio-South

    1994

Education

  • Notary qualification

    1999

  • Bar qualification

    1996

  • Bilingual French/German law degree with magna cum laude honors, University of Fribourg

    1988 – 1993

  • Cantonal Maturity Diploma, Type A (Latin/Greek), French Gymnasium, Biel

    1984 – 1988

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