INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM FOCUSED ON RUSSIA
We are a premier, fully independent investment banking advisory firm. Our team of high-calibre professionals is well-positioned to provide creative solutions to the most complex transactions, help clients realise major corporate milestones and address matters related to business development in the Russian economic environment.
Our advice is based on a deep understanding of the Russian environment across all major industry sectors, which allows us to offer deep strategic insights and integrated financial advisory services unlike any other firms do.
We believe that our success relies on the highest standards of excellence, unique experience, first-class transaction execution and vibrant, open-minded working environment.
All above mentioned places Norte Capital as a superior cross-border transactions advisor that is able to efficiently and smoothly bridge the gaps between Russia and the rest of the world.
We Are
INDEPENDENT AND ENTERPRENEURIAL
Our team is fully independent of any business or interest groups. We believe that this is the best possible way to secure quality of advice for our clients. As a partnership we blend entrepreneurial energy and open-mindedness into our work to navigate our clients in the most challenging and complex situations.
We Have
VAST KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
In our long work we learned that only unbiased, in-depth understanding of industries and business environment could lead to sustainable and successful decisions of the highest quality. We leverage our vast experience, access to Russia’s largest companies and key decision-makers to foresee and capture all the major changes in Russian business environment and provide best solutions to our clients.
We Offer
FIRST CLASS EXECUTION
We believe that each case is unique and requires careful planning and analysis of the details in order to create and enhance the value for our clients. Hence, we invest our time and effort in careful assessment of each project’s needs, its value drivers and essential factors that may an impact on project results.
WHAT WE DO
WE HELP REALISE MAJOR CORPORATE MILESTONES
Successful starting, developing or divesting business in Russia requires fresh and open-minded view rooted in understanding of economic environment, major industries, regulation and ways of doing things.
Success-driven, we offer a tailored and well-grounded advice to our clients, major international and Russian corporations and state entities. By defining the options for each particular case, we provide the best advice to a vast range of business matters, from M&A and Financial Restructuring to Strategic Advisory.
FOCUS ON LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP
We go deep to understand the needs of our clients in each and every detail. This helps us to create sustainable results for our clients’ business. Our tailored, success-oriented approach is an exceptional basis for long-term cooperation.
KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN ADVICE
We do not take matters for granted, but take a deep dive into every case. We are engaged into constant development process to catch major changes in industries, economic and legal environments. This allows us to provide most relevant first-class advice to our clients.
WIN-WIN APPROACH
We believe that one of the very essential components of success of any undertaking is a positive and cooperative project environment. Therefore, we always aim to establish mutual cooperation among all parties and strive to achieve a win-win solution.
ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH
Operational environment in Russia tends to be volatile and hard to predict, agility and open-mindedness helps us to find the best solutions and achieve success in the most demanding assignments.
GET TO KNOW US BETTER
OUR CORE TEAM
We believe our people are our greatest asset, so we bring together the brightest and most talented individuals to deliver service of the highest quality to our clients. Our team blends expertise and young drive that create a unique vibrant, collaborative and supportive working environment.
We are determined to expand our team and attract experienced high-calibre professionals and young aspiring individuals.
Partner
Grigory Dudarev
A veteran deal-maker, Grigory has over 35 years of experience in investment banking and strategic advisory. He has worked through all developments of Russian economy, successfully led hundreds of transactions and was a board member in major Russian and international companies.
Analyst
Nikita Malkin
Nikita joined Norte Capital in 2017 after his internship with the firm. Prior to that, he interned in Rosneft and in St.Petersburg’s Committee of External Relations. Nikita holds a Bachelor degree in Management from the Higher School of Economics.
Director
Sergey Boltramovich
PhD, has fifteen years of experience investment banking, management consulting and academic field. His primary focus is Nordic companies with business operations in Russia and CIS.
Director
Andrew Igotti
Associate
Ivan Kolobov
Ivan joined Norte Capital in 2017 after completing several internships in corporate finance advisory and venture capital. He graduated from St. Petersburg State
University (2015) and holds Master’s Degree in Finance from ESADE (2016).
What We Are Good At
MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
There are few things in investment banking that make a difference advisors’ performance is concerned. We invested a lot of efforts to nourish and develop key components of success into clear and well-structured processes. Each and every project starts from analyzing its key drivers and specifics, putting it into broader context aggregating understanding of key success factors, timing and material requirements. Secondly efforts aimed at assessing possible parties involved, setting realistic goals and time plans is made, understanding and planning the order of actions is of high importance as well. From this basis we make sure that creating and implementing the project plan navigating the client other advisors and participants steering the process to successful completion, also addressing challenges and finding solutions.
OUR CLIENTS
INTERNATIONAL
AND RUSSIAN
CORPORATES
Our range of services is tailored to provide the best possible solutions to large and mid-cap firms, state enterprises and high-net worth individuals.
We focus on both cross-border and domestic transactions that include Mergers and Acquisitions, Recapitalization and Restructuring.
