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11/03/2025

New Deal Advisors supports H.I.G. Capital in the investment in Protos

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Milan, March 11 2025 – New Deal Advisors, an independent company specialising in advisory services to M&A Transactions, has supported H.I.G. Capital, an international investment fund, in the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Protos Group, a leading independent technical consultancy company.

Protos, established in 1986, provides technical consulting and advisory services, including inspections and certifications, operating in the most dynamic segments of the technical services market, including infrastructure, energy and real estate. The company supports a wide range of clients, including banks and financial institutions, asset managers, real estate asset managers, insurance companies, large corporations, real estate and renewable energy developers, infrastructure concessionaires and public institutions, and servicers in the non performing loan sector. The entry of H.I.G. Capital will support Protos’ growth strategy in Italy and abroad. The investment is made in partnership with the company’s current management, President Franco Masera and Vice-President Luca Mazzoni. In the consulting and professional services sector, H.I.G. has already acquired Interpath (a former Kpmg business) in the UK.

New Deal Advisors with a team led by Lorenzo Lavini (partner), has provided financial  due diligence services to H.I.G. Capital.

 

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New Deal Advisors is an independent firm specialising in advisory services in M&A. Established in 2012, New Deal Advisors provides support in a broad variety of extraordinary transactions streams including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, transformation processes, forensic and litigation activities, fairness opinions and valuation services. New Deal Advisors has worked for more than a decade alongside private equity funds, investment holdings, family offices, financial institutions and strategic players achieving to date the finalisation of over 200 deals.

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We have been working with New Deal Advisors for many years and for us they have become a reference partner in our investment processes. They are extremely competent and flexible professionals with a very pragmatic and always in-depth analysis approach. A senior team that has been able to gain esteem and confidence even from its counterparts by being appreciated for its ability to bring real added value even in the post deal.

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The extreme professionalism and availability, the immediate understanding of the customer’s needs and practice, the experience in detecting and determining damages, the clarity and completeness of the prepared technical report: these are the elements that have characterized the team’s work of New Deal Advisors which has assisted us in a dispute initiated by one of our clients for the unlawful suspension of contracts in public procurement.

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In 2017, we realized a strategic and structuring external growth operation in Italy, initiated by our participation ORCA, with the take-over of FAIT PLAST, European leading manufacturer of technical thermoplastic films. During this operation, we really enjoyed working with New Deal Advisors who has demonstrated its ability to find and analyse key financial information and deliver a very good DD report in a short timeframe.

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The team’s skills stretch far beyond usual professional competence, enabling them to extract reliable data even in challenging environments, simplifying highly complex analyses and providing sound and reliable support to sensitive decision making, in the context of a constructive and positive spirit.

ANDERA – Luca Maria Ravano / Massimo Massari Partners

We used the help of New Deal Advisors as part of our portfolio monitoring activities through IBR, financial review, forensic services and we found a great skill, innovation and originality in strategies and actions and added value of the analyzes produced.

Elena Lodola Head of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets Italy, BNP Paribas.

With New Deal Advisors we have collaborated in identifying and representing criminally relevant elements before the Public Prosecutor’s Office following the investigations conducted by them; their experience in this field, the solid technical preparation and the ability to put it at the service of the client and the lawyers have proved to be fundamental for the concrete pursuit of the results expected by the client at the beginning of the project.

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I worked with New Deal Advisors in a project that involved the evaluation of an intangible asset in the presence of different elements of damage. Andrea was very attentive to the needs of the end customer, both in terms of budget and delivery time of the evaluation report. The final product was excellent with wide customer satisfaction having been followed its indications and identified original technical solutions to obtain the expected final result.

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