Elga Reana Tozzi

Certified Tax Expert, Senior Counsel, Tax Advisor

As a recognized tax expert and having gained significant experience in all areas of Swiss and international tax, I provide high-quality and personalized expert tax advice to companies and individuals.

 

 

 

About

Elga advises mainly corporate tax law in relation to M&A transactions, IPOs, reorganizations, cross-border structuring, corporate succession planning (carve-outs, MBOs), capital market transactions and employee participation plans (ESOP). She has extensive experience in advising multinationals, private equity, SMEs and start-ups. She also advises in all tax matters for entrepreneurs and shareholders as well as high net worth individuals.

Based on her long-standing professional experience with international advisory firms (EY and PWC), an in-house group tax department of a listed company and more recently in a leading international law firm, she has successfully managed and delivered many substantial and complex national and international projects.

Elga was awarded the Rising Star in Tax Award 2020 by European Women in Business Law, Euromoney Legal Media Group in tax and listed by Legal 500 EMEA 2024 in the category Tax Switzerland.

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Italian
"…highly experienced…providing innovative sustainable value-added solutions." - Legal500
"She has an excellent relationship with the tax administration..." - Legal500
"She is characterised by great expertise, understanding of economic contexts, negotiation skills and is a good advisor who responds to the needs of her clients and finds feasible solutions...” - Legal500

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Career
Memberships
Education
  • Recognized as a key lawyer by Legal500 in their EMEA Tax Rankings 2024.
  • Rising Star Award 2020 by Euromoney Legal Media Group in Tax.
  • 2022: Counsel, Kellerhals Carrard, Zurich
  • 2021: Tax consultant
  • 2018-2020: Counsel, Niederer Kraft Frey
  • 2014-2018: Tax partner, Baryon AG, Zurich
  • 2011-2014: In-house senior tax counsel, Glencore Xstrata plc, Baar
  • 2001-2011: Executive director (actual associated partner, EY International Tax Services and Transaction Tax, Zurich
  • 1999-2001: Vice-director, Head of Tax Department Zurich, Schweizerische Treuhandgesellschaft
  • 1989-1999: Senior manager, PWC Zurich, Merger & Acquisition Tax Team

 

  • EXPERTsuisse Schweizer Expertenverband für Wirtschaftsprüfung, Steuern und Treuhand 
  • IFA International Fiscal Association 
  • 1994: Certified Tax Expert
  • 1988: Chartered Specialist in Accounting and Financial Management Federal Diploma of Higher Education

 

Conferences

ConferencesSpeaking Engagements
26. September 2017

Executive Forum zur digitalen Transformation

Elga Reana Tozzi

Contact

Zurich

Rämistrasse 5
Postfach
CH-8024 Zürich

Tel. +41 58 200 39 00
Fax +41 58 200 39 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Kellerhals Carrard

Basel ∣ Bern ∣ Geneva ∣ Lausanne ∣ Lugano ∣ Sion ∣ Zurich


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