Livio Bucher studied International Relations (B.A.) at the University of Geneva and law in St. Gallen, Hamburg, Zurich and Hong Kong (LL.M.). Immediately before joining Bucher Tax AG, he worked for four years at an international auditing firm in Zurich in the International Tax & Transaction Services division.

He is a federally certified tax expert and holds a doctorate in law (University of Lucerne). In addition to his work at Bucher Tax , Livio Bucher is a specialist secretary on the Tax Commission of EXPERTsuisse and a lecturer in international corporate tax law at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences.

In his doctoral thesis, which he wrote at the University of Lucerne on the topic of "Avoidance of international double taxation in Switzerland using the example of tax crediting", he dealt in particular with the mechanics and mode of operation of the system of crediting non-reclaimable foreign withholding taxes in Switzerland. His consulting work also focuses on corporate tax law and the related issues of withholding tax and stamp duties as well as the implementation of the TRAF provisions and international tax law.