Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at LawPartnerPhone +41 58 658 56 32alex.nikitine@walderwyss.com

Alex Ni ki ti ne is head of the Cor po ra ‐te/M&A team at Wal der Wyss. His prac ‐ti ce fo cu ses on do me stic and in ter na tio ‐nal M&A tran sac tions, pu blic ten der of ‐fers, IPOs and other pu blic (ECM/DCM)of fe rings, pri va te equi ty and ven ture ca ‐pi tal tran sac tions, cor po ra te go ver nan ceand ge ne ral cor po ra te, stock ex chan geand ca pi tal mar kets laws. His ex pe ri ‐ence for the last 15 ye ars in clu des nu ‐merous tran sac tions in the se areas ofex per ti se, in par ti cu lar with com pa niesin the Life Sci en ces, Ban king or E-Com ‐mer ce in dus try.

Alex Ni ki ti ne has been re com men ded byseve r al in ter na tio nal di rec to ries such asCham bers, IFL R1000 and The Le gal 500as a lea ding la wy er (by Cham bers Glo ‐bal/Eu ro pe in both Cor po ra te/M&A andCa pi tal Mar kets). He is con side red"know led ge able and quick" and "li ke a ‐ble" and is be ing prai sed by his "out-of-the-box thin king" and "high le vel of cli ‐ent ori en ta ti on" (Cham bers, The Le gal500).

Alex Ni ki ti ne re pres ents cli ents in pro ‐cee dings be fo re the SIX Swiss Ex chan ‐ge, the Swiss Take over Board (UEK) andthe Swiss fi nan ci al mar ket su per vi so ryau tho ri ty FIN MA. He is a mem ber of theboard of ex ami ners for the Swiss cer ti ‐fied tax ex pert exams and a SIX SwissEx chan ge re cognis ed re pre sen ta ti ve un ‐der art. 58a Lis ting Ru les. He re gu lar lypu blis hes and speaks at con fe ren ces inhis areas of ex per ti se.

Alex Ni ki ti ne stu di ed law at the Uni ver si ‐ty of Ba sel (lic. iur., 2000) and Har vardLaw School (LL.M., 2004) and he re cei ‐ved a doc to ra te (PhD; on Swiss and USse cu ri ties laws) from the Uni ver si ty ofZu rich (Dr. iur., 2007). In 2009, heworked at Da vis Polk & Ward well LLP inNew York, USA.

Alex Ni ki ti ne speaks Ger man andEnglish. He is re gis ter ed with the Zu richBar Re gis try and is ad mit ted to prac ti cein Swit zer land as well as in the sta te ofNew York, USA.

Alex Nikitine

Walder Wyss Ltd.attorneys at law

Phone +41 58 658 58 58Fax +41 58 658 59 59reception@walderwyss.com

www.walderwyss.comZurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lugano

Covid-19 Update: Emergency LoanScheme for Start-upsby Ramona Wyss and Alex Nikitine5 May 2020

Guidelines on Shareholders’ Meetingsunder COVID-19 Ordinance 2by Alex Nikitine, Angela Kummer andRafael ZempApril 2020

Adjusted Disclosure Rules Under SwissCorporate Law («GAFI-Rules»); CriminalSanctions Will Applyby Alex Nikitine, Dario Galli andDimitrios BergerJune 2019

Der Erfolg unserer «Startuppers» istdie grösste Motivationby Alex Nikitinein: Tages-Anzeiger «Rechtsguide 2018»,1 March 2018

IPO Guide Schweiz (SIX SwissExchange) / Kotierungsanforderungenvon SIX Swiss Exchange [IPO Guide Switzerland (SIX SwissExchange) / Listing Requirements bythe SIX Swiss Exchange]by Alex Nikitine, Theodor Härtsch [co-author] and Stefan Knobloch [co-author]Editor[s]: SIX Swiss ExchangeZurich, 2017

Initial Public Offering (IPO) 2017 /Switzerlandby Alex Nikitine, Theodor Härtsch [co-author] and Stefan Knobloch [co-author]Editor[s]: gli Global Legal InsightsLondon, 2017

Kommentar zumFinanzmarktinfrastrukturgesetz(FinfraG) [Commentary on the Financial MarketInfrastructure Act (FMIA)]by Alex Nikitine and Sarah Schulthessin: Sethe/Favre/Hess/Kramer/Schott(Editor[s]), "Kommentierung zu Art. 137–141 FinfraG (zum Übernahmerecht)" Zurich, 2017, pp. 1888–1935

For a complete list of publicationsplease visit our website:www.walderwyss.com/alex.nikitine

Selected Publications