7 August 2024
Lonsdale Capital Partners (“Lonsdale”), the private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market in the UK and Ireland, has announced the sale of Infrata (the “Company”), a leading global infrastructure consultancy headquartered in London to dss+, a global operational management consultancy backed by Inflexion.
Infrata provides technical, commercial, demand and ESG-focused advisory services to financial lenders and sponsors across the lifecycle of an infrastructure investment. The Company offers pre-transaction due diligence through to infrastructure asset monitoring for projects that can span decades, supporting a high-level of recurring revenue. Infrata operates across multiple sectors, including aviation, roads, railways, ports and waterways, as well as social infrastructure. Services are provided to clients globally, with Infrata’s business split evenly between North America, South America and EMEA.
Lonsdale invested in Infrata in April 2022 and since then has supported the business through a period of substantial growth and transformation, diversifying both its geographic footprint, including into North America and Europe, and the sectors it focuses on, including aviation, ports and rail. Lonsdale also supported the business in making acquisitions, most notably in the aviation sector. Infrata has also expanded its service offering, adding a standalone ESG division, which is now an essential part of the business.
Infrata also completed the acquisition of Altitude Aviation Advisory, a specialist aviation consultancy to enable further growth in the sector and support Infrata’s strategic objectives in June 2023.
Since our investment in Infrata in 2022, the Company has achieved an impressive level of growth and strategic change, in line with the objectives we agreed with management. Infrata has successfully broadened its geographic and sector mix, further emphasising its position as the truly independent global leader it is, whilst also expanding its service offering into complementary areas such as ESG. We wish Alonzo, Valery and the team all the best and look forward to seeing what Infrata achieves in the coming years.David Gasparro, Partner at Lonsdale
Lonsdale has been a great partner and has supported us through a period of significant expansion, providing invaluable advice and also support with acquisitions. Infrastructure is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and with that comes the imperative need for our due diligence services.Alonzo Guzman, Managing Director at Infrata
