Welcome to Orbis Partners

Orbis Partners advised the shareholders of Metaphor IT (“Metaphor”) on its merger with DoubleEdge Professional Services and Foehn to form Kerv, a transaction backed by LDC with a combined value of £30m.

Orbis were engaged by NFP to undertake both financial due diligence on Johnson Fleming and to provide acquisition support services.

Orbis advised Pebbles over an 18 month period, working with the management team and shareholders to prepare the business for exit and project manage the transaction through to completion.

Orbis worked exclusively with the Unsworth family over an 18-month period, to originate and invest in high-quality food manufacturing businesses. As part of the deal, owner Jason Geary retained a significant equity stake within the business, remaining as a Managing Director.

Nationwide Hire is a leading hire services aggregator with a network of over 4,000 suppliers based in over 9,000 locations across the UK and Ireland. Orbis were retained to evaluate different exit options on behalf of the company. The preferred option for both the shareholders and management was a private equity backed MBO. Orbis identified Livingbridge as an ideal partner to help deliver management’s vision for the business.

Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (JPP) has acquired RADMS, the holding company that owns Premier Paper Group (Premier Paper) in a multi-million-pound sale. Having been approached by JPP, Orbis was appointed by Premier Paper to negotiate on price and terms to ensure the best deal for shareholders and then manage the sales process through to completion.

IDE systems supply temporary power equipment for events, construction work and facilities management companies. Orbis Partners was engaged by Santander to perform financial due diligence on IDE Systems to enable Santander to provide funding to the MBO of the business.

Orbis was retained by T. H. Baker Ltd to research, identify, approach and act as lead advisors in acquiring an e-commerce business. Orbis identified Hobbies Ltd and led the transaction through to completion.

Radius Payments Solutions (Radius) are the group behind the telematics and fuel card brands Kinesis and UK Fuels. Orbis Partners was engaged by Radius Payments Solutions to provide both financial and tax due diligence of Plant-i, providers of vehicle tracking and telemetry solutions and specialists in connected camera technology for the plant and construction sectors.

Weeting Tyres provides a tyre fitting, automotive service and MOT facility to consumers and corporate clients from five retail branches across East Anglia. Four out of the five branches operate within Goodyear’s franchise network, HiQ, with the fifth branch being independent. The acquisition strengthens Goodyear’s position within the retail market and enhances the groups value proposition for customers.