Capital, transactions and governance across the Eurasia Belt.
UGAP’s financing and transactions practice brings more than 30 years of investment banking, private equity and board experience — from privatisations and energy M&A to equity and debt capital markets — across Eastern Europe, the Caspian, Central Asia, the Gulf and beyond.
We structure and raise capital for our own developments and advise governments, state-owned companies, corporates and investors on transactions from mandate to closing and beyond.
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M&A & Strategic Advisory
Buy-side and sell-side mandates, strategic reviews and asset sales for national oil companies, corporates and funds.
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Privatisation & Government Advisory
State-asset privatisations and advisory to sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities.
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Private Equity & Corporate Development
Origination, investment, post-closing value creation and exit in consumer, industrial, financial and technology companies.
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Equity & Debt Capital Markets
ECM and DCM execution for growth companies and state-owned enterprises, including IPO and bond mandates.
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Project & Real Estate Finance
Equity and debt for development, restructuring and repositioning of office, logistics and mixed-use portfolios.
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Leasing & Asset Finance
Aircraft, equipment and agricultural leasing, consumer finance and non-performing loan platforms.
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Islamic Finance
Shari’ah-compliant structures for projects and corporates in the Gulf and Central Asia, backed by CIFE certification.
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Board & Corporate Governance
Long-standing board service in banks, funds, real estate and healthcare companies — strategy, oversight and exits.
Track record
Selected transactions
A selection of mandates executed by the UGAP team for national oil companies, sovereign entities, corporates and investors across four continents.
Energy investment banking
Latin America, the Gulf and South Asia · Oil & Gas investment banking, Merrill Lynch
Argentina · Oil & GasYPFPrivatisation advisory
Peru · Oil & GasPetroperúM&A / Strategic advisory
Brazil · Oil & GasPetrobrasM&A / Strategic advisory
Transactions shown were executed by members of the UGAP team, including in prior roles at Merrill Lynch, the Russian-American Enterprise Fund, Pioneer Investments, AIG Financial Services, Fleming Family & Partners and Da Vinci Capital / ITI Capital. Client names are shown for reference only and do not imply endorsement.
Leadership
Financing & Transactions
Alexei Petrov
Partner, Financing & Transactions
Also CEO & Partner, Roemer Silk Road (Tashkent) · Founder & Managing Partner, RENCAP LLC (USA)
Alexei Petrov leads UGAP’s financing and transactions practice. A highly seasoned investment professional with more than 30 years of managerial and transaction experience in private equity, privatisations, M&A and restructuring across the Eurasia Belt — from Eastern Europe to Central Asia — he has participated in more than 300 significant transactions exceeding $8 billion.
Full biography
Alexei is CEO and Partner of Roemer Silk Road, an EU investment banking firm active in Central Asia with an office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Founder and Managing Partner of RENCAP LLC, a US private equity, investment banking and corporate finance advisory boutique active across the Eurasia Belt.
In 2016 he joined Da Vinci Capital / ITI Capital as Managing Partner, responsible for investors, portfolio formation, team management and private equity and project financing. Before that he was Chief Executive Officer of Fleming Family & Partners Real Estate, leading strategy and the full range of private equity, real estate and asset management products, with assets under management exceeding $700 million.
Previously he was Managing Director and Head of the Representative Office of AIG Financial Services in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, responsible for private equity, real estate, leasing and other non-insurance businesses with assets under management exceeding $3 billion, including the operations of ILFC — the largest aircraft leasing business in the region. From 1996 to 1998 he was Senior Vice President and Investment Director at Pioneer Investments, covering pipeline origination, negotiation and closing, post-closing development and exit. He began his career in the Oil & Gas investment banking group of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, completing large investment banking, corporate finance and privatisation transactions in Latin America, the Persian Gulf and South-East Asia.
An experienced board member, he has served on the boards of large companies with a deep understanding of the goals, functions and strategic tasks of corporate governance.
Career highlights
Merrill Lynch: Oil & Gas investment banking — privatisations and M&A for YPF, Petrobras, Saudi Aramco, ADNOC and others
Pioneer Investments: Senior Vice President and Investment Director (1996–1998)
AIG Financial Services: Managing Director, Head of FSU & Eastern Europe; $3bn+ AUM; ILFC aircraft leasing operations
Fleming Family & Partners Real Estate: Chief Executive Officer; $700m+ AUM
Da Vinci Capital / ITI Capital: Managing Partner (from 2016)
