Avocates et Avocats Alex Nikitine
Alex Nikitine

Alex Nikitine

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Avocat

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Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 56 32
alex.nikitine@walderwyss.com

Curriculum vitae

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Domaines d'activité: Corporate / M&A Santé et sciences de la vie Marchés des capitaux Private equity et fonds Start-ups et Venture capital ESG & Durabilité

"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.

Distalmotion SA – USD 70 million Term Loan Facility from Perceptive Advisors

IFLR1000 Rankings 2026: Walder Wyss recognised as a top-tier law firm

Biotech Company CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ) issued USD 600M Convertible Notes

Oversubscribed Series A Financing Round of Xsensio SA

Walder Wyss advised Garage Auto Kunz AG on sale to Gross Garage Gruppe

Chambers Global 2026 Rankings

Walder Wyss advised WindRose Health Investors on the purchase of all shares in Clariness AG

Swiss MedTech company Distalmotion SA closes USD 150m Series G Financing Round

IFLR 1000 Rankings 2025 - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

askEarth AG – Swiss startup in the field of geospatial AI raises CHF 2.26m in seed financing round

Walder Wyss successfully represented an international group of investors seeking preliminary injunction before the Commercial Court of Zurich against a “pay-to-play”-financing round

WISAG Group acquires Stampfli AG

Walder Wyss advised ANYbotics AG on USD 60m Financing Round

embotech AG – Swiss IT supplier for autonomous driving closes CHF 23.5m Series B Financing Round

Alentis Therapeutics Raises USD 181.4m in an Oversubscribed Series D Financing to Advance the Clinical Development of Anti-Claudin-1 ADCs in Solid Tumors

CorFlow Therapeutics AG – EUR 44m B-Round

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Walder Wyss advises on exit of Swiss Drone Company Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories to RES Digital Solutions Limited, UK

Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquires majority stake in BSI Software from Capvis

Seed Financing Round of ETH Spin-Off ENANTIOS
Autres Actualités

Switzerland: A Corporate/M&A Overview

| par Hans-Jakob Diem, Alex Nikitine et Iliana Djagova | dans: «Chambers Global 2026» | Online-Publikation

New Swiss Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities and the Identification of Beneficial Owners

| par Dario Galli et Alex Nikitine | Newsletter

Switzerland: Efficiently navigating the complex ESG regulatory landscape in uncertain times

par Alex Nikitine, Andreas Hösli et Carmen Spichiger | dans: «IFLR 2025 ESG Report» | Online-Publikation

Federal Council Proposes Revision of Swiss Sustainability Reporting Regime

| par Andreas Hösli et Alex Nikitine | Newsletter

Venture Capital 2024 - Chapter Switzerland

| par Marion Bähler, Ramona Wyss, Florian Gunz Niedermann, Fabienne Limacher, Alex Nikitine et Urs Hofer | dans: «Chambers Global Practice Guides» | Online-Publikation

Interview (in German) with Alex Nikitine in “Finanz & Wirtschaft”

| par Alex Nikitine | dans: «Legal Success» 03/2024 | Tamedia Publikationen Deutschschweiz AG | 23 | Zeitschriften

Commentary on Art. 689b, 689c and 689f of the Swiss Code of Obligations (Representation of shareholders; independent voting representative in public companies; disclosure)

par Alex Nikitine | dans: Rolf Watter/Hans-Ueli Vogt (éd.), «Basler Kommentar zum Obligationenrecht II» | 6. Aufl. | Basel 2024 | Sammelbände

Best Price Rule in Public Takeovers – MINOR Changes, MAJOR Effect

| par Christian A. Schmid, Arbër Hyseni et Alex Nikitine | Newsletter

Different Requirements for Different Opting Out Clauses under Swiss Public Takeover Rules

| par Christian A. Schmid, Arbër Hyseni et Alex Nikitine | Newsletter

Liquidation of unprofitable business by the target company as a permissible condition to a public offer

| par Alex Nikitine, Christian A. Schmid et Arbër Hyseni | Newsletter

Liquidation of unprofitable business by the target company as a permissible condition to a public offer

| par Alex Nikitine, Christian A. Schmid et Arbër Hyseni | Newsletter

Negotiations in M&A transactions - tips and tricks

| par Alex Nikitine | dans: Hans-Jakob Diem (éd.), «Mergers & Acquisitions - Aktuelle Entwicklungen in Recht und Praxis» | 24. Zürcher Konferenz zu Mergers & Acquisition Tagungsband 2021 | Zürich | Sammelbände

Article 725 et seq. CO: (Il-)Liquidity, Capital Loss and Over-Indebtedness – New Duties for Swiss Boards

| par Alex Nikitine et Jenny von Arx | Newsletter

Les règles révisées de la SIX sur la publicité ad hoc entrent en vigueur au 1er juillet 2021

| par Daniel Dedeyan, Rafael Zemp, Alex Nikitine et Christian A. Schmid | Newsletter

IPO Readiness - Stolpersteine auf dem Weg zum Börsengang

| par Alex Nikitine et Marion Bähler | dans: Thomas U. Reutter, Thomas Werlen (éd.), «EuropaInstitut, Kapitalmarkt - Recht und Transaktionen XV» | Sammelbände

Covid-19 Update: Emergency Loan Scheme for Start-ups

| par Ramona Wyss et Alex Nikitine | Online-Publikation

Guidelines on Shareholders’ Meetings under COVID-19 Ordinance 2

| par Alex Nikitine, Angela Diener et Rafael Zemp | Online-Publikation

Règles de déclaration modifiées dans le cadre du droit suisse des sociétés («règles GAFI»); des sanctions pénales vont s’appliquer

| par Alex Nikitine, Dario Galli et Dimitrios Berger | Newsletter

IPO Guide Switzerland (SIX Swiss Exchange) / Listing Requirements by the SIX Swiss Exchange

| par Alex Nikitine, Theodor Härtsch [co-auteur] et Stefan Knobloch [co-auteur] | dans: SIX Swiss Exchange (éd.) | Zurich | Monographien

Initial Public Offering (IPO) 2017 / Switzerland

| par Alex Nikitine, Theodor Härtsch [co-auteur] et Stefan Knobloch [co-auteur] | dans: gli Global Legal Insights (éd.) | Global Legal Insights | London/UK | Monographien
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