History

SOVLINK LLC was established in 1990 by Russian and foreign companies, including Salomon Investment Bank, Sedgwick and Phirbo Energy companies.  

Since its creation, SOVLINK LLC has played a prominent role in attracting foreign investment for the Russian fuel & energy complex. At the same time, SOVLINK LLC trades blocks of shares of Russian companies.  

SOVLINK LLC has participated in transactions with both Russian companies (such as Slavneft OJSC, Tomskneft OJSC, RAO UES of Russia) and leading international financial institutions (such as EBRD, the World Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Export-Import Bank of the United States).  

From the moment of its foundation, our company has been striving to be the first. And today we proudly say that SOVLINK LLC: 

in 1994 – established the First NIS Regional Fund – the first largest direct investment fund;

in 1994 – was the first  to arrange an IPO of a Russian oil company among institutional investors;

in 1995 – arranged the first credit of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a Russian oil company;

in 1998 – arranged the first project financing after the crisis of 1998;

in 2000 – won a tender for the first large-scale investment in a Russian oil company. 

In November 2002 a Financial Group was established, including SOVLINK LLC, Aljba Alliance Commercial Bank and SL Capital Services Ltd., a legal entity incorporated under the laws of the republic of Cyprus and holding brokerage and dealer in securities licenses.  

Currently, the Financial Group is 100% privately-owned. 

From 2002, SOVLINK LLC has carried out transactions for the purchase and sale of companies in the oil, engineering and chemical industries, as well as the retail business, in an amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.