Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners in Ukraine acted as legal advisor to Dekarta Capital, a leading private equity and venture capital investment fund, in a deal with the Prime Group, one of the top Ukrainian outdoor advertising firms.

The financing was raised during June-October 2010 for a period up to 1.5 years aiming to increase assets of the Prime Group. Both parties have just announced the successful completion of the bridge financing deal.

The legal advice on the deal closure was provided by Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, EPA&P partner and Yaroslav Oliynyk, senior associate.

Founded in December 2008, Dekarta Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage and growth equity investments in private companies. Presently, Dekarta Capital manages the assets of a private fund equal to $100 million. The fund seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on financial services.

Prime Group – Ukrainian outdoor advertising provider. Established in 2008 by Vadim Frunze and Katerina Khramova nowadays the company is one of the fourth leading advertising companies on Ukrainian market. Prime Group has 2100 own advertising displays and more then 3000 long term rented displays of various formats in Ukraine.