01Elena Bernasconi
Managing Partner — Corporate, M&A & governance
“The deal that closes cleanly is the one prepared for everything that could stop it.”
Admitted 2004 · SwitzerlandIT · DE · EN
Studio Legale · Lugano
Toga
Counsel that holds under pressure.
A boutique firm in Lugano advising private clients and companies on corporate, tax, real-estate and family matters — in four languages, with discretion.
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Practice
Five disciplines, argued as one line.
We keep the practice narrow on purpose. Each area is led by a partner, not delegated — so the counsel you meet is the counsel who does the work.
We structure companies and guide the transactions that reshape them. Counsel that reads the deal and the room — from the first term sheet to closing and beyond.
- Incorporation & holding structures
- Shareholder & governance agreements
- Acquisitions, disposals & due diligence
- Commercial contracts
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The firm
Understand the matter completely — then say only what is true and useful.
Toga was founded on a single discipline. We are a small firm by choice — few clients, deep attention, plain answers to hard questions. Our clients come to us for the matters that cannot go wrong: a sale that must close, a succession that must hold, a dispute that must end.
We work across Swiss and international law, in the four languages of our clients, and we keep our own counsel about who they are.
1998Foundedin Lugano
1,400+Matters advisedsince inception
4Working languagesIT · DE · FR · EN
3Partnersno associates between you and them
Lugano · 46°00′ N
Partners
The people who take the call.
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02Marco Ferretti
Partner — Tax, regulatory & private clients
“Good tax planning is quiet. It reads well years later, under a cold light.”
Admitted 2001 · SwitzerlandIT · DE · FR · EN
03David Okonkwo
Partner — Litigation, arbitration & real estate
“By the time we reach a hearing, the other side has already heard our case — in preparation.”
Admitted 2008 · SwitzerlandEN · IT · FR
Approach
Three things you can hold us to.
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Discretion
What you tell us stays with us. We work quietly, we are not on your press release, and we prefer it that way. Confidence is not a policy here — it is the point.
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Precision
Every clause, every filing, read twice. Ambiguity is a liability we do not pass to our clients. If a sentence can be misread, we rewrite it before anyone else can.
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Plain language
You will always know where you stand, in words you can act on. We translate the law into a decision — and we tell you the risk you are actually taking.
Consultation
Tell us, in confidence, what you are dealing with.
A partner reads every note personally. There is no intake desk, no chatbot, no junior triage — only the counsel who would handle your matter.
Via degli Amaranti 4
6900 Lugano · Switzerland
+41 91 000 00 24
counsel@toga.example