Atty. Alex Nikitine
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.
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Alex Nikitine is a business and m&a attorney, practicing at Walder Wyss AG. Admitted to practice in Switzerland and New York, United States. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026) and Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026). Serands clients in Zurich and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- 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 15 years includes numerous transactions in these areas of expertise, in particular with companies in the Life Sciences, Banking or E-Commerce industry
- 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
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