Our Values
We believe that high quality investment opportunities, where Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) risks have been mitigated and well managed, will yield attractive long-term returns. In general, we do not act as advisors on any transactions where our research team has identified material conflicts with the principles of ESG including but not limited to deforestation, biodiversity damage, the creation of harmful waste, child labour, modern slavery, evidence of bribery and corruption and employee and stakeholder discrimination.
Further, we actively favour transactions which promote the ESG agenda such as supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, technology and energy developments targeting a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and projects aligned with the energy transition. In general, we support the promotion of human rights, workplace safety, diversity, and the promotion of board and management quality, financial reporting and stakeholder governance. Our ESG objectives include investment in people and projects that can improve lives, enhancing performance and efficiency through the use of digital technology.
Our History
How we became a boutique international corporate finance firm
Stirling Infrastructure Partners was founded in 2012. It has established itself as a successful boutique international corporate finance firm. This has been achieved through recruiting the highest quality talent, following best practices, applying high standards of professional ethics and understanding the requirements of capital allocators to make commitments. Our focus is on private market investments.
The firm has worked diligently to build trusted and direct relationships with two specific types of investors. These are institutional investors and strategic investors. Both sources of capital have different requirements to make commitments to investment opportunities.
The institutional investors we work with are typically focused on achieving risk-adjusted returns above a target benchmark. These investors include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurers and asset managers. In making capital allocations, they seek our expertise to identify investments in proven management teams. As a trusted firm, they rely on our due diligence to ensure confidence in proposed transactions, which aim to deliver consistent, inflation-linked cash flow returns along with capital growth potential. With the range of institutional investors we work with, some will only make equity capital commitments for sums not less than 200M USD into any one transaction. These will own the majority stake in the companies which they operate and also appoint management teams that will report to them. However, other institutional investors will require support in the selection of specialist funds in which we have sector expertise. They will typically make lower capital commitments to their peers.
The strategic investors who we also work with are companies that have sector expertise with operational know-how. These investors operate cash-generative businesses with large balance sheets. They deploy capital to grow their businesses and take advantage of market opportunities. These investors can include conglomerates, trading houses, privately-owned companies and publicly-listed companies. These investors are capable of making strategic co-investments and acquisitions. They are typically willing to take higher risks for higher returns than institutional investors.
Our firm’s foundation was built on the financing of infrastructure assets across international markets. As our firm’s expertise and track record has grown its sector coverage now also includes energy, natural resources, and advanced technologies in which the firm has capital-raising expertise. The firm has appointed a distinguished advisory board with an executive committee who have a combination of industry, investment banking and corporate finance expertise. The senior team is supported by a skilled team of financial and regulatory analysts. The firm consistently publishes detailed technical reports that provide detailed market knowledge, and explain sector trends.
It is the firm’s ability to identify and originate bankable investments that has allowed Stirling Infrastructure Partners to build a trusted reputation with both institutional and strategic investors. Our proficiency in securing equity, coupled with access to a diverse range of debt providers – from international banks to local banks, multilateral institutions, to specialised lenders including export credit agencies – underscores our ability to structure capital effectively. Our expertise, encompassing both financial structuring and subject matter knowledge, enables us to finance bankable investments.