Alex Nikitine
Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law
Location
Contact
Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 32
alex.nikitine@walderwyss.com
Curriculum Vitae
"Alex Nikitine can work under tremendous time pressure and manages the entire case in such an impressive way." /
Alex Nikitine is head of the Corporate/M&A team at Walder Wyss. His practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions, public tender offers, IPOs and other public (ECM/DCM) offerings, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate governance and general corporate, stock exchange and capital markets laws. His experience for the last 20 years includes numerous transactions in these areas of expertise, in particular with companies in the Life Sciences, Banking or E-Commerce industry.
"Alex Nikitine can work under tremendous time pressure and manages the entire case in such an impressive way." /
Alex Nikitine has been recommended by several international directories such as Chambers, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 as a leading lawyer (by Chambers Global/Europe in both Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets). He is considered "knowledgeable and quick" and "likeable" and is being praised by his "out-of-the-box thinking" and "high level of client orientation" (Chambers, The Legal 500).
Alex Nikitine represents clients in proceedings before the SIX Swiss Exchange, the Swiss Takeover Board (UEK) and the Swiss financial market supervisory authority FINMA. He is a member of the board of examiners for the Swiss certified tax expert exams and a SIX Swiss Exchange recognised representative under art. 58a Listing Rules. He regularly publishes and speaks at conferences in his areas of expertise.
Alex Nikitine studied law at the University of Basel (lic. iur., 2000) and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2004) and he received a doctorate (PhD; on Swiss and US securities laws) from the University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 2007). In 2009, he worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York, USA.
Alex Nikitine speaks German and English. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is admitted to practice in Switzerland as well as in the state of New York, USA.
Oversubscribed Series A Financing Round of Xsensio SA
Swiss MedTech company Distalmotion SA closes USD 150m Series G Financing Round
askEarth AG – Swiss startup in the field of geospatial AI raises CHF 2.26m in seed financing round
Walder Wyss advised ANYbotics AG on USD 60m Financing Round
CorFlow Therapeutics AG – EUR 44m B-Round
Walder Wyss advises on exit of Swiss Drone Company Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories to RES Digital Solutions Limited, UK
Seed Financing Round of ETH Spin-Off ENANTIOS
SkyCell AG closed USD 116m Series D Financing Round
Swiss Vertical Farming companies Yasai & GreenState to merge
ABB acquires Sevensense Robotics
TP24 raises CHF 400m of additional funding from Barclays and M&G
Walder Wyss advised ANYbotics AG on CHF 45m Series B Round
Swiss medtech company Distalmotion SA closes USD 150m Series F Financing Round
Bell Food Group invests in Vertical Farming Start-up YASAI
PostFinance Ventures, Migros and Serpentine Ventures invest in Properti AG
Westhive AG raises over CHF 6 million in series A financing round
Swiss medtech company Distalmotion SA closes USD 90m Series E Financing Round
EH Group raises over CHF 5m Pre-Series A Financing
Series B Financing Round of Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG
CHF 7.8 Mio. Series B Financing Round of 1plusX AG
Venture Capital 2024 - Chapter Switzerland
| by Marion Bähler, Ramona Wyss, Florian Gunz Niedermann, Fabienne Limacher, Alex Nikitine and Urs Hofer | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | Switzerland | Online-PublikationArticle 725 et seq. CO: (Il-)Liquidity, Capital Loss and Over-Indebtedness – New Duties for Swiss Boards
| by Alex Nikitine and Jenny von Arx | NewsletterCovid-19 Update: Emergency Loan Scheme for Start-ups
| by Ramona Wyss and Alex Nikitine | Online-PublikationDer Erfolg unserer «Startuppers» ist die grösste Motivation
| by Alex Nikitine | in: "Tages-Anzeiger «Rechtsguide 2018»" | ZeitschriftenManagement Buy-out - Pre-Contractual Disclosure Obligations of the Managers
| by Alex Nikitine | in: Rudolf Tschäni (Editor[s]), "Mergers & Acquisitions XVIII" | Zurich / Basel / Geneva | SammelbändeWealth Tax on Shares in Start-ups – New Rules in the Canton of Zurich
| by Maurus Winzap, Florian Gunz Niedermann and Alex Nikitine | NewsletterRecognitions
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