Investment and financial services

IFC METROPOL was established in March 1995. We boast a dominant position in the market for IB client services in a number of world markets. Metropol has performed over $ 160 billion worth of transactions, involving the attraction of capital, M&A transactions, and business restructuring. In 2007 alone, our projects were worth over $100 billion.

IFC METROPOL provides a full range of investment and financial services. Our main lines of operation are:

• stock market transactions
• bill and bond transactions
• M&A
• identification and attraction of strategic investors and investments
• raising equity and debt capital
• legal and corporate consulting
• asset sales
• consolidation of major shareholdings
• independent assessments and appraisal consulting
• financial consulting
• private placements
• public offerings (IPO, SPO)
• comprehensive transaction support for direct investments
• purchase and sale of businesses
• a full range of analytical services

Among Metropol’s strongest points is the access it offers clients to the wide range of outstanding opportunities on both Russian and international financial markets.  We offer top-quality legal support and favorable terms of service to facilitate this access.

Our collective expertise and the renowned professional reputations of our specialists are important to us, and they are one of the cornerstones of our business.  Our team of IB specialists is distinguished by its experience and success in the implementation of projects involving major Russian and international companies.  Our IB team has worked with a broad clientele and uses a comprehensive approach to problem solving. Our clients are often vocally complimentary of our specialists’ skills, flexibility, and can-do ethic, as well as of their responsible approach toward even the most challenging of assignments.

Our representative offices and affiliated companies are spread across the world: in London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, and Cyprus. Metropol’s area of expertise is in cooperation with Russian clients abroad and international investors in Russia.