WOOD & Company - Leading independent Investment Bank in Central and Eastern Europe.

History

2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2002 | 2001 | 1993 | 1991

2010

WOOD & Co hires a team of senior and top-ranked equity and corporate finance professionals to be based in London and Warsaw.

London hub opens, providing a world-class research and distribution base to key clients.

Office in Moscow opens, offering access to the Russian MICEX and RTS.

2009

WOOD & Co acquires Credit Suisse’s asset management business in the Czech Republic, assuming management of assets worth c. CHF 500 million.

WOOD & Co becomes a member of Athens Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai.

The Partners of WOOD & Company Group S.A. buy back their 49,95% stake in WOOD & Company after the Iceland FSA takes control of Straumur-Burdaras in March 2009.

WOOD & Co opens a full branch office in Warsaw.

2007

Expansion continues with exchange membership in Bucharest, Sofia and Ljubliana.

The partners of WOOD & Company sell a 49.95% stake in the company to Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf., based in Iceland.

WOOD & Co becomes the exclusive member of M&A International for the Czech and Slovak Republics.

2006

WOOD & Co manages the dual listing of CEZ, the region's largest listed company, onto the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

2005

WOOD & Co becomes a member of Frankfurt, Warsaw and Budapest stock exchanges.

2004

WOOD & Co becomes a member of Vienna Stock Exchange.

2002

Bratislava office opens to participate in privatization projects in Slovakia and to provide M&A advisory services to local corporate clients.

2001

Friendly buy-out of founder, Richard Wood, by management team.

1993

WOOD & Co executes the first trade on the Prague Stock Exchange, selling CEZ shares to international investors.

1991

Richard Wood, ex-Salomon Brothers, establishes WOOD & Company in Prague.