NRG’s Managing Partners, Alexey Panferov and Andrey Dobrynin, began their banking careers in the 1990s and witnessed all development stages of Russia’s financial markets, from the birth of the first private banks, the first international securities offerings for Russian oil companies, to sophisticated projects such as international IPOs for second-tier companies.

From March 2002 till June 2006, Alexey and Andrey held top management positions in the investment banking department of MDM Bank. They gained significant experience in structuring and financing M&A deals, arranging bond issues both on domestic and international markets, arranging IPOs, structured finance transactions and portfolio investment management.

In 2004 the partners started working on creation of a private equity division within MDM Financial Group, alongside their main business. The underlying concept was to gain an additional source of income for MDM by equity investments into Russian non-public client companies of MDM investment banking services. After more than 18 months, a lot of ground was covered in terms of setting up an effective legal structure for a private equity fund, attracting private and institutional investors and forming a portfolio of potential acquisition targets.

In early 2006, the Board of Directors of MDM Financial Group decided that private equity business was not a strategic priority for the bank. After that, in agreement with the bank’s management, the partners set out to build their own company to work in the alternative investments market.

In August 2006, Alexey Panferov and Andrey Dobrynin in partnership with Premier Capital Limited investment group created NRG Private Equity Advisors. In September 2006, NRG entered into an exclusive investment consulting agreement with Volga River One Capital Partners LP private equity fund.

Our Mission

Based on in-depth industry analysis we identify investment opportunities in fast growing privately held companies in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet Union.

We attract the best industry experts and financial specialists to help portfolio companies raise their capitalization through active involvement in strategic and operational management.

Our particular expertise lies within corporate finance area: development of company business plans and budgets, M&A strategy, capital structure, bank and capital markets financing, corporate governance, pre-IPO operational and legal structuring, liaising with investment banks, auditors and legal advisors.

 We only consider friendly acquisitions and are set for a long-term cooperation with all stakeholders of our portfolio companies.