Global alternative investment firm HIG Capital has acquired a majority stake in Protos, an Italy-based independent technical consulting firm for the financial sector, in partnership with the company’s existing management team.
Headquartered in Rome, with additional offices in Milan and Genoa, Protos provides due diligence services, inspections, and certification activities in accredited contexts, engineering consulting, insurance risk advisory, asset appraisal, litigation support, and tech-enabled loan data management solutions such as data remediation, enrichment, and maintenance.
The firm serves a diverse client base, including financial institutions, asset managers, insurance companies, corporates, investors, developers, concessionaires, and public institutions.
Raffaele Legnani and Giovanni Guglielmi, Managing Directors at HIG 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, recognised technical know-how, and an attractive business and financial model. We are looking forward to supporting its growth in Italy and abroad.”
