"A people, who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see, and who will pursue their advantages, may achieve almost anything."SP Advisors is a boutique investment bank focused on advisory, asset management, and merchant banking, operating in Ukraine, Georgia, and Eastern Europe. Established in 2011, we have assembled a veteran management and corporate advisory team with experience in the Eastern European investment space.
We assist international investors in identifying attractive Ukrainian and other EM assets and viable transactions. We also provide market insight and support, and offer advisory services to local companies looking to raise capital and improve corporate governance standards.
Since 2012, SP Advisors has been actively making direct investments in Ukraine through our merchant banking services. We provide trade financing services on international transactions and often co-invest with our clients on attractive, underbanked opportunities in the former CIS.
Nick Piazza
CEO
npiazza@spadvisors.eu
Nick has been actively involved in Ukraine and Georgia since 2004. Before launching SP Advisors, Nick turned BG Capital/Galt & Taggart (Bank of Georgia's investment banking arm) into the leader in Ukraine and Georgia in terms of IPOs and private placements from 2008-11; the firm was recognized as the Best Investment Bank in Central and Eastern Europe by Euromoney in 2010. In his development role with Bank of Georgia Group, Nick also sat on the board...
Yulia Piazza
Private Clients
ypiazza@spadvisors.eu
Yulia has been working at SP Advisors since 2014 where she handles the firm's private clients portfolio, this work includes concierge and banking advisory support services. With Yulia's help SP Advisors was able to grow its base of private clients and move in to asset management via its US asset management company SP Capital Management. Before SP, Yulia worked for one of Europe's largest and most prestigious Concierge and Lifestyle management Company's...
Alexander Yaremenko
COO
alexander.yaremenko@spadvisors.eu
Directly involved in the establishment of SP Advisors, Alex is now responsible for the company's operations, as well as legal support in corporate law and M&A activities, including corporate restructuring and reorganization and setting up offshore structures. Prior to SP Capital Management, Alexander spent 6 years with BG Capital, a leading regional investment bank. He has extensive experience setting up corporate subsidiaries in Europe and the CIS,...
Tetyana Grigorash
Financial Director
tgrigorash@spadvisors.eu
Tetyana joined SP Advisors 2017 and has been overseeing the company's accounting department since 2018. In her role as Chief Accountant Tetyana handles all of the company's banking relationships and operations. She also leads a team that works with company counterparties in Ukraine, Europe and the USA on all settlement and back office issues. Prior to SP Advisors, Tetyana spent 8 years with several leading investment banking firms in Eastern Europe...
Oleg Pronin
Investment Banking, Analytics
opronin@spadvisors.eu
Oleg has over 10 years of international investment banking experience, including as Vice President at Dragon Capital, where he participated in the majority of the investment bank's milestone ECM and M&A deals in various sectors. Some of Oleg's prominent deals include UMH's acquisition of KP Media in 2011, Platinum Bank's local bond placement in 2010, the acquisition of Prominvestbank in 2009, Platinum Bank's private placement in 2007, a debt restructuring...