About us

WOOD & Company is a dedicated Central European investment banking house with headquarters in Prague. The company was founded by Richard Wood, a senior ex-Salomon Brothers executive, in 1991. Since its establishment, the company has focused on the provision of high quality equity broking and investment banking services in Central Europe. At present, the company has offices in Prague and Bratislava and is a member of the Prague, Vienna, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Budapest, Ljubljana and Sofia stock exchanges.

Since its foundation, the firm has been the most active stockbroker on the Prague Stock Exchange, dating back to the launch of the Czech capital market in 1993. WOOD & Company executed the first transaction ever for foreign institutional investors on the Prague Stock Exchange and since then has maintained its leading position in equity broking services.

Over the past decade, the firm has expanded its scope of activities to a full range of investment banking and corporate finance services including large-scale privatization projects, initial public offerings, capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and corporate advisory services for foreign corporate clients as well as domestic issuers and institutions.

In 2001, Richard Wood decided to retire from the investment banking business in Central Europe and agreed with the local management team – consisting of Jan Sýkora, Vladimír Jaroš, Andrea Ferancová and Lubomír Šoltys – on a friendly management buy-out. All four partners have been members of the WOOD & Company team for more than 10 years and all are involved in the day-to-day management and running of the business. The dedication and commitment to business of the firm's partners is one of our key competitive advantages.

WOOD & Company aims to be the best financial services provider in Central Europe by offering its clients the firm's breadth of regional experience, capabilities, and financial resources.