H.I.G. Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in Protos S.p.A. 
 
 
   PR Newswire 
 
 
   MILAN, March 11, 2025 
 
 
   MILAN, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G."), a 
leading global alternative investment firm with $67 billion of capital 
under management, is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates has 
completed the acquisition of Protos S.p.A. ("Protos" or the "Company"), 
a leading independent technical consulting firm. H.I.G.'s investment is 
in partnership with the Company's current management. 
 
 
 
   Headquartered in Rome, with additional offices in Milan and Genoa, 
Protos provides technical advisory and consulting services, including 
inspections and certifications. The Company's multidisciplinary team of 
engineers and professionals deliver highly customized solutions at all 
project stages, while guaranteeing technical expertise, independence, 
and transparency to its clients. Protos' cross-sector expertise supports 
investors, financial institutions, asset managers, developers, and 
insurance companies in the infrastructure, energy, real estate, and 
financial services industries. 
 
 
   Raffaele Legnani and Giovanni Guglielmi, Managing Directors at H.I.G. in 
Italy, commented: "Protos is an industry leader in the rapidly growing 
technical consulting market, a market driven by long-term trends in 
energy transition, infrastructure renewal, and increasingly stringent 
regulatory requirements. The Company benefits from clear competitive 
positioning, recognized technical know-how, and an attractive business 
and financial model. We are looking forward to supporting its growth in 
Italy and abroad." 
 
 
   "Franco Masera, Chairman, and Luca Mazzoni, Deputy Chairman of Protos, 
added: "The partnership with H.I.G. will further accelerate our growth 
trajectory and strengthen our position as a leading Italian player in 
the technical consulting sector. We believe that H.I.G. is the ideal 
partner to support the management team, and look forward to the next 
stages of the Company's growth and development." 
 
 
   About Protos 
 
 
   Headquartered in Rome, with additional offices in Milan and Genoa, 
Protos offers a comprehensive portfolio of technical-engineering 
consulting services, including technical, environmental, and ESG 
advisory services. The Company provides due diligence services, 
inspections and certification activities in accredited contexts, 
engineering services, insurance risk advisory, appraisal services, 
litigation support, and tech-enabled loan data management services such 
as data remediation, enrichment and maintenance. The Company serves 
various clients across multiple industries, including financial 
institutions, asset managers and insurance companies, large corporations, 
investors, developers, concessionaires, and public institutions. Protos 
provides deep cross-sector expertise in the infrastructure, energy, real 
estate, and financial services end-markets and relies on a dynamic, 
multidisciplinary team of engineers and professionals capable of 
delivering highly customized solutions at every stage of a project, 
ensuring technical expertise, independence, and transparency for its 
clients. For more information, please visit protos-spa.it. 
 
 
   About H.I.G. Capital 
 
 
   H.I.G. is a leading global alternative investment firm with $67 billion 
of capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in 
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco in 
the United States, as well as international affiliate offices in Hamburg, 
London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, 
São Paulo, Dubai, and Hong Kong, H.I.G. specializes in providing 
both debt and equity capital to mid-sized companies, utilizing a 
flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach: 
 
 
   -- H.I.G.'s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations, 
 
      and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming 
 
      manufacturing and service businesses. 
 
 
 
   -- H.I.G.'s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche, and junior debt 
 
      financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary 
 
      (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets. H.I.G. 
 
      also manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance. 
 
 
 
   -- H.I.G.'s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can 
 
      benefit from improved asset management practices. 
 
 
 
   -- H.I.G. Infrastructure focuses on making value-add and core plus 
 
      investments in the infrastructure sector. 
 
 
   Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 
400 companies worldwide. The Firm's current portfolio includes more than 
100 companies with combined sales in excess of $53 billion. For more 
information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at hig.com. 
 
 
   *Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates. 
 
 
   Contact: 
 
   Raffaele Legnani 
 
   Managing Director 
 
 
   rlegnani@hig.com 
 
   Giovanni Guglielmi 
 
   Managing Director 
 
 
   gguglielmi@hig.com 
 
   H.I.G. European Capital Partners Italy S.r.l. 
 
   Via Dei Mercanti 12 
 
   20121 Milan 
 
   Italy 
 
   P: +39 02 45 37 5200 
 
 
   hig.com 
 
 
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