HIG Capital's Protos acquires Milan-based Inarcheck
What's the deal? ProtosDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a portfolio company of HIG Capital, has acquired InarcheckDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Milan-based firm specialising in technical consultancy and project testing. Spada PartnersDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → advised Protos on the deal, handling both tax and financial due diligence.
Guido Sazbon, partner at Spada Partners, led the tax due diligence alongside Francesco Podagrosi and Filippo Carniglia. Antonio Zecca, also a partner, managed the financial due diligence with support from Alessia Molinengo.
Why now? HIG Capital, a major global private equity firm, continues to expand its European portfolio through bolt-on acquisitions. Protos's purchase of Inarcheck fits a broader pattern of consolidation in Italy's technical services sector, where specialised consultancies are being rolled up under larger platforms.
The signal: HIG Capital's strategy of using platform companies like Protos to execute bolt-on acquisitions in fragmented European services markets continues to gain momentum. Inarcheck, which specialises in engineering project verification, due diligence, and monitoring, fits the profile of a niche, early-growth consultancy ripe for integration into a larger platform — a playbook PE firms are increasingly deploying across Italy's professional services landscape.
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