Flavio Canonica (1973) received his graduate education and master’s degree at the University of Zurich (lic. Iur. 1998) and University of Basel (Master of Advanced European Studies), respectively. He completed his legal training at the District Court (Bezirksgericht) and Labour Court (Arbeitsgericht) of Zurich and was admitted to the bar (Zurich) in 2002. He subsequently worked as an associate in a leading Zurich law firm specializing in public and administrative law (2003). He went on to hold positions as a law clerk at Administrative Cantonal Court Ticino (2007) and as an associate in a major law firm in Lugano (2009). In 2009 he founded his private law firm, Studio legale avv. Flavio Canonica. In 2017, alongside Lorenzo Anastasi and Lorenza Ponti Broggini, he established the Centoventitré Studio Legale  (2017-2019), a law firm specializing in public, administrative and construction law.

Flavio Canonica is founding and executive partner of the law firm Collegal (2020).

Flavio Canonica focuses on public, administrative and construction law. He is mainly active in the following sectors and legal areas: construction, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, planning, construction and environmental law.  He advises his clients on all relevant construction issues, i.e. developing construction contracts and assisting them in construction and  real estate disputes.

Flavio Canonica speaks Italian, German, Swiss German, English and French; he also speaks some Spanish. He is registered with the Ticino Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.