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Agroinvestservice Advisory Group
About us
Agroinvestservice Advisory Group provide advisory and consulting services to the companies
operating in the Russian agri-sector (mostly grain industry) or investors seeking new business
opportunities in the Russian agriculture.
Our focus is advisory service in the Russian primary agriculture (mostly grain production).
We have a highly professional team with multiyear experience in agrisector to ensure the highest
level of service to our clients.
We assist our clients in the following areas:
 Preparing and evaluating businesses for M&A transactions;
 Identifying financial and strategic partners for agribusiness projects;
 Identifying investment targets in the Russian primary agriculture based on financial and
strategic investors specific criteria;
 Agricultural Project management and development.
We provide agribusiness solutions to agricultural holding companies or independent agricultural
enterprises/farms, to institutional and private investors.
Client Services
We assist our clients in the following areas:
 Business Restructuring to improve operational efficiency, land ownership structure and
financial management (including Restructuring for the purpose of M&A transactions);
 Providing Expert Advice on production strategy, financial, tax and legal issues;
 Identifying Investment Targets in the Russian primary agriculture based on financial and
strategic investors specific criteria (start-ups, businesses at the developed stage or at the
exit stage);
 Assisting the Russian agri-companies in preparing business plans and business
presentations for potential investors (agricultural funds or agricultural holdings);
 Assisting our clients in evaluating agri-businesses, agricultural land and assets for the
purpose of M&A transactions;
 Providing Due-Diligence service that highlights the quality and reliability of the
investment target and quantify financial and economic returns of the prospective
transaction.

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Our expertise
Our team has multiyear experience (over 10 years) in agricultural sector. Our team leaders have
managed projects in agricultural and food sectors with total assets over 600 million USD and
land banks over 100 thousand ha. The Team members have realized a series of M&A
transactions in the Russian agriculture and food sector with the largest foreign and domestic
strategic players.
The team is a group of highly qualified professionals in agri- production, operations, legal,
finance and tax. The team members have previous experience in CEO, CFO, Production Director
and other positions in agri and food businesses.
Dmitry V. Potapenko, Managing Partner
Former positions: CEO of one of the largest agricultural holding companies in Russia (food and
primary agriculture); Strategic Investment Director of one of the largest grain producing
company with land bank over 100 000 ha; Investment Department Director of one of the largest
investment companies in Russia; Partner for Consulting Company, providing advisory service
for major Japanese companies.
Education: Moscow State University, Economic Department, Graduate and Post-Graduate
Agribusiness Practice and Expertise: Series of large M&A transactions in agri-sector,
including transactions with Russian and foreign strategic players; Implementation of successful
exit strategies in agri-business; Experience in agricultural business restructuring, business
evaluation, anti-crisis strategies.
Clients
We partner with the largest Russian agribusiness companies, shareholders of agricultural
enterprises, agricultural land owners as well as with agri-funds and private investors.
Our clients:
 Investment branch of the largest Russian Bank: advice on Investment strategy and
Agricultural Project pipeline;
 Largest Russian Metal and Mining Company, Department of Non-core assets:
Evaluating agricultural assets, advice on Exit strategy;
 Chinese Agricultural Investment Venture: M&A perspective in the Russian
agricultural land market;
 Private Investor, New Zealand: Identification of investment targets and the Russian
partner for agri-project;
 Private Investor, Russia: Business Concept and Business Plan for Export-oriented
grain producing venture.

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Our partners
We cooperate with the Russian agriculture market research companies:
Agroinvestor Magazine, www.agroinvestor.ru
SovEcon, www.sovecon.ru
Contact us
Office: Russian Federation, Moscow, Business Center “Pole Pyatoe”, Office 112
Phone: +7 495 764 09 23, +7 926 269 08 64
Web: www.agroinvestservice.ru