Alessandro Martinelli

Dr. Alessandro Martinelli, partner at the Aequitas law and notary firm, has been a lawyer and public notary in Ticino since 1997. With a doctorate in law from the University of Basel, he mainly carries out intensive notarial work with particular expertise in real estate, corporate, and inheritance matters. He also provides consulting services in civil, contractual, and banking matters.

Skills

Notarial practice, banking and financial law, inheritance and planning, real estate, contracts and agreements, corporate and commercial law, personal and family law

Languages

Italian, German, French, English

Experiences

1986 – 1991
Law degree at the University of Basel

1992 – 1994
Drafted doctoral thesis at the University of Basel. Doctorate (Doktor in beiden Rechten) in civil law obtained in December 1994. Awarded distinction for publication of thesis in the "Schriftenreihe für internationales Recht der Juristischen Fakultät der Universität Basel"

1994 – 1996
Legal and notarial practice at Roberto Macconi Law Firm, Lugano (Switzerland)

1997
Legal practice at the Pretura of Mendrisio-Sud (Switzerland)
Authorization to practice as attorney-at-law, issued by the Court of Appeal of Canton Ticino (Switzerland) in June 1997
Notarial practice at the Registry Office in Mendrisio (Switzerland)

1998 – 2000
Attorney and Notary Public at Roberto Macconi Law Firm, Lugano (Switzerland)

2001 – 2025
Attorney and Notary Public at Bernasconi Martinelli Alippi & Partners Law Firm (formerly Peter, Bernasconi & Partners and Sganzini Bernasconi Peter & Gaggini), Lugano (Switzerland)

Since October 2025
Partner at Aequitas Law and Notary Firm, Lugano