NRCC Silver Sponsor

Statoil ASA

Statoil ASA (before November 1, 2009 - StatoilHydro) was established on 1 October 2007 following the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s oil and gas activities. Statoil has operations in 36 countries and employs approximately 21 000 people worldwide. Net operating income of the company is 211,8 billion NOK, and proven reserves are more than 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company today is:
• The world’s third-largest net seller of crude oil
• One of the world’s largest gas suppliers
• Biggest seller of oil products in Scandinavia
• The world’s largest operator of deepwater fields
• World-leading in the use of deepwater technology
• World-leading in carbon capture and storage
Both Statoil and Hydro has been present on the Russian market since 1990s. From the 1st of November, 2009 the company changed name to Statoil ASA.

NRCC Silver Sponsor

Telenor Group

Telenor Group is an international provider of tele, data and media communication services. Telenor Group has mobile operations in 11 markets in the Nordic region, Central and Eastern Europe and in Asia, as well as a voting stake of 42.95 per cent (economic stake 35.7 per cent) in VimpelCom Ltd., operating in 18 markets. Headquartered in Norway, Telenor Group is one of the world’s major mobile operators with 149 million mobile subscriptions in its consolidated operations per Q3 2012, revenues in 2011 of NOK 99 billion, and a workforce of approximately 30,000.

Telenor has invested around $1.2 billion in Russian telecoms during a period of almost 15 years. Among the Telenor's major investments, is VimpelCom which is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada.

NRCC Bronse Sponsor

Selmer

Selmer has leading-edge expertise in all key areas of business law, in addition to extensive industry knowledge. The firm has 185 dedicated employees, including 120 lawyers and 10 financial analysts. Selmer has offices in Oslo and Trondheim.
The firm represents Norwegian and multinational corporations, institutions and public entities. Selmer provides advice on a number of major, high-profile cross-border transactions and also administers most of the largest bankruptcy estates in Norway.
Selmer's Russian experience dates back to 1993. Its clients include Norwegian and international companies, funds and institutions. The firm also advises Russian corporations doing business in Norway. Selmer’s lawyers have significant experience with establishments, acquisitions and investments in Russia as well as joint venture and industry contracts with Russian companies.
Selmer has a strong international orientation and collaborates with leading law firms all over the world. The firm received the award “Law Firm of the Year” in Norway for 2011 from International Financial Law Review (IFLR) for its excellence in innovative cross-border transactions.

NRCC Bronse Sponsor

DNB

DNB is Norway’s largest financial services group with total combined assets of NOK 2 076 billion (former name DnB NOR). The group is a market leader in Norway within life insurance, capital markets operations and asset management operations. The DNB bank has more than 2.3 million retail customers and more than 200 000 corporate customers. It is represented in more than 200 locations in Norway, and has a broad international network of 13 branches and representative offices. The group is also operating in Poland and the Baltic states through Bank DNB A/S, and in Russia through DNB Monchebank.

In addition, the group representes Norway’s largest life and pension insurance company with around 1 million customers.

NRCC Bronse Sponsor

Innovation Norway

Innovation Norway offers products and services intended to help boost innovation in business and industry nationwide, foster regional development and promote Norwegian industry and Norway as a tourist destination.
Innovation Norway is to be backer and promoter of entrepreneurs, newly-founded and small and medium-sized enterprises that seek to grow, as a rule in an international market. The organisation’s role is to provide or arrange financing, link customer enterprises to know-how and help them build networks for their innovation projects.
As of 1 January 2004, Innovation Norway assumed the duties of the Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund (SND), the Norwegian Trade Council, the Norwegian Tourist Board and the Government Consultative Office for Inventors (SVO).

NRCC Bronse Sponsor

Jotun

The Jotun Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings.
The group has 70 companies and 38 production facilities on all continents. Including the total network of legal companies, agents, branch offices and distributors Jotun is represented in more than 80 countries. Jotun's operations cover development, production, marketing and sales of various paint systems and products to protect and decorate surfaces in the residential, shipping and industrial markets. In 2010 the Jotun Group had a total sales income of NOK 13 452 million, and has today 7 800 employees.
Headoffice is located in Sandefjord, Norway. In Russia, Jotun is represented through its fully owned company "Jotun Russia", with head-office in St. Petersburg.