Alexander Swider

Alex Swider is valued for his dedication to getting transactions closed. Both a lawyer and a certified public accountant, Alex is able to analyze financial and tax situations from both accounting and legal viewpoints in order to best assist each client in accomplishing their strategic objectives.

Alex advises private equity funds, large public corporations and privately held companies of all sizes and at every stage of development on a wide variety of corporate law matters. He advises clients in negotiating complex merger and acquisition deals, venture capital and private equity investments, and regarding tax structuring and analysis.

Alex has extensive transactional experience in the alternative energy industry, counseling utility clients, developers, and other entities in negotiating agreements featured in renewable energy projects, including power purchase agreements, energy supply agreements, and engineering procurement and construction (EPC) agreements. Furthermore, he represents clients in the development, acquisition, and sale of generating assets in the renewable energy space.

Alex also counsels early stage emerging companies on formation, growth financing and successful exits by sale, merger or public offering. Additionally, he works with venture capital, angel investors, as well as family offices, on formation, planning and executing investment strategies, structures, and exit strategy and execution. Alex enjoys working with founders of start-up companies on the ground floor to help put them in the best position to raise capital from friends and family, seed-stage and venture capital.

Prior to attending law school, Alex was a senior associate with accounting firm Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP, where he worked as a financial statement auditor in Indianapolis.