Partners [EBRD - Annual Meeting and Business Forum]

Flagship Forum Partner

Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG operates one of the leading financial networks in Central and Eastern Europe with banks, leasing and asset management companies in 17 markets. Over 13 million customers are serviced via more than 3,000 business outlets. Raiffeisen is the leading foreign bank in Russia and the entire CIS. It is also the largest western bank in Ukraine with a balance sheet total of € 5.9 billion as of 30 September 2007. Raiffeisen International is a fully consolidated subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB), which owns 68.5 per cent of the common stock. With a balance- sheet total of more than € 140 billion, RZB is one of Austria's leading commercial and investment banks. The RZB Group is a strong and reliable partner for financial institutions and sovereign entities worldwide. As flagship sponsor of the Annual Meeting and Business Forum, it underlines the importance of its cooperation with the EBRD.

Major Forum Partner

UniCredit Group is one of the largest European banking groups. With a core presence in 23 countries and 9,000 branches, it serves 40 million customers. Additionally, it is by far the Number 1 banking group in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In CEE UniCredit Group is serving around 27 million customers in more than 3,700 offices in 20 countries. Measured by total assets, with over 120 billion Euros the Group is twice as large as the nearest international competitor in CEE. With this comprehensive network customers benefit from the knowledge of the products and services and get access to all international financial centres.

Environmental Partner

ING Wholesale Banking is one of the six business lines of ING Group and is responsible for providing financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients in the Benelux and across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We are a truly international team of more than 18,000 banking professionals with local knowledge and a presence in 40 countries. We provide tailored banking solutions in areas including corporate finance, leasing, structured finance, commercial finance, equity markets and debt capital markets in addition to the basic banking services of lending, payments & cash management and treasury.

Special event partner

Founded in 1819 as Erste oesterreichische Spar-Casse, Erste Group is one of the leading financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe operating successfully in the fastest growing economies in the region. Erste Bank serves more than 16 million clients through more than 2.700 branches in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Moldavia and Ukraine.

Event partner

Kreditprom Bank.

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Premier Forum Newspaper

Financial Times.

Forum Partners

ZAO Citibank has been operating on the Russian market since 1994. Citi Russia offers a full range of products and services to corporate and consumer customers. The Bank has over 3,500 employees, a $5+ billion balance sheet and a distribution network including over 60 branches and 300 ATM’s in 7 cities. For more information please visit: www.citibank.ru

URSA Bank is the leading Russian regional bank headquartered in Novosibirsk with over 250 branches in 116 Russian cities. The Bank has a strong market position, transparent ownership structure, and assets in the total amount exceeding USD 7 billion. EBRD and DEG are the major foreign shareholders of URSA Bank.

JSCB Forum as one of the largest financial institutions in Ukraine offers an extended range of financial services. The Bank has over 300 branches throughout the country and representative offices in Prague and Almaty. JSCB Forum currently services 250 000 customers and is anticipating further growth.
For more detailed information, please visit www.forum.ua

UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a leading, global investment banking and securities firm, and one of the largest global asset managers. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking. The Bank for Banks service offering provides financial institutions with a package of solutions that allows them to optimize their entire value chain.
For more information, please visit www.ubs.com/b4b

Nomura is a global Japanese financial services group dedicated to providing a broad range of innovative solutions for individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. Nomura links Asia’s and Europe’s growth markets through dedicated and long-established teams in London as well as on the ground across Europe, including in Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest and Vienna.
For more information, please visit www.nomura.com

BEITEN BURKHARDT is an independent international law firm with a network of 13 offices in 6 countries of Europe and Asia.
BEITEN BURKHARDT Kyiv renders a range of legal services pertaining to international and Ukrainian law, advising in the field of corporate and commercial law, real estate, banking and finance, tax law, customs and litigation, as well as IT/IP. BEITEN BURKHARDT Kyiv was recognized as the “Foreign Law Firm 2007” in Ukraine.
For more information, please visit www.beitenburkhardt.com

Today JSC “Ukreximbank” is a joint stock company, 100% shares of which are owned by the state. From its foundation the Bank has always been among the major Ukrainian banks and had the most extensive correspondent network among the Ukrainian banks (over 800 banking institutions worldwide).
For more information, please visit www.eximb.com

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