Who we are
SARS is a private independent investment banking firm. The firm was founded in 1998. The name SARS came as abbreviation of names of two founding partners Mr. Roland Spitz and Andriy Sirko.
SARS is focused exclusively on providing high-quality corporate finance advice to different types of entities. From governments to multinationals, public and private corporations in a number of industries globally with a historical focus in Central and Eastern Europe.
SARS employs a team of highly qualified corporate finance professionals and industry executive experts. Since its inception, SARS has earned a reputation for creativity, integrity and implementation excellence in highly complex situations.
Our strategy is clear: in serving a selected group of clients extraordinarily well, we intend to continue to grow our business and maintain the high standards which have been the hallmark of our success to date.
Our Services
Corporate finance advisory & restructuring
Comprehensive support on corporate finance transactions and restructuring services for the clients facing changes and opportunities
M&A advisory
Advisory services to public and private companies wishing to enter or exit their business, markets, or expand their existing operations
Capital Raising
Advisory and support on raising development capital for privately-owned companies
Privatization advisory
Privatization and other corporate finance services to the SOEs and the relevant Government bodies
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Our Partners
Before setting up SARS, he worked as Director of the Ukrainian office of the investment bank Renaissance Capital. Prior to that, he worked in the corporate finance team of SBC Warburg in New York and at Toronto Dominion Securities in Canada. In his previous employments, Andriy Sirko has executed numerous M&A transactions advising major Canadian, American and European corporations. He has been involved in privatization advisory and project finance transactions in the high-tech, oil and gas, electricity, and finance industries, mostly in the US and in Latin America.
Dmitry Kushnir started his IT career in USA in 1999. He has 20 years of IT industry experience. Dmitry has a strong network and expert knowledge of IT industry in Central and Eastern Europe, where he spent 12 years of his career. He was running global IT services delivery and operations at Luxoft for 6 years across 20 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and Americas. Dmitry joined SARS Capital beginning of 2020 and is based in Switzerland.
Denis has been with SARS Capital since early 2010. In December 2014 Denis was promoted to the Partner responsible for execution of M&A transactions, devising M&A strategies, identifying sectors and companies that might be viable business targets for clients, performing due-diligence, etc.
During his career at SARS, Denis served clients in multiple industries: retail, energy, FMCG, software engineering and IT, agriculture, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, telecommunications, etc.
Prior to joining SARS, Denis was part of Eurobank EFG business development team, focusing on successful rollout of Eurobank's operations in Ukraine.
Denis holds a Master's Degree from the Kyiv National Economic University, specializing in Corporate Finance
Our clients
