Simon Olstein
Senior Associate
MLaw, Avocat
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Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 14 15
simon.olstein@walderwyss.com
Curriculum vitae
Simon Olstein is a Senior Associate at Walder Wyss. He advises clients predominantly in the healthcare and life sciences sector, with a particular focus on contract and corporate law, M&A transactions, and venture capital and financing. In this capacity, he advises pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech companies and private equity and venture capital investors on domestic and cross-border M&A, financings and corporate matters.
His practice covers the full range of life sciences agreements, including license, collaboration, manufacture, research and development, clinical trial, supply and distribution agreements. He also has broad experience in transactional work, including due diligence, and advises on Swiss corporate and healthcare regulatory matters.
Born in 1993, Simon Olstein studied law at the University of Basel (MLaw 2018) and at Tel Aviv University and passed the bar exam in the Canton of Basel-Stadt in 2021. Prior to joining Walder Wyss, he gained professional experience at the Civil Court of Basel-Stadt and at a commercial law firm in Zurich, among others.
In addition, Simon Olstein worked in the legal department of a leading global life sciences company at its divisional headquarters in Basel and, before joining Walder Wyss, most recently served as Legal Counsel for an international specialty pharmaceutical company. In 2023, he completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Finance and Accounting for Lawyers at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU).
Simon Olstein primarily advises clients in German and English and speaks French as well. He is admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.