Origination & value creation · Defence · Energy · Infrastructure

We originate proprietary opportunities in defence and energy — and help our clients win them.

Off-market acquisition targets for investors in defence and aerospace. Sites, power, and contracts for the companies building the energy and data-center buildout. The operators open doors; the sourcing fills the pipeline.

Track record across the team
$2B+
Capital projects delivered
$380M
Defence division built & sold
$4.5B
Nuclear restart led
Arlington TransDigm
Defence exits closed

We solve the problem most firms can't: finding what isn't on the market, and winning it. Senior operators open the doors. The engine fills the pipeline.

The operators

Industry leaders who have built and sold these businesses

Operating partners from the top of defence, aerospace, and energy — the same calibre of senior operator a leading fund or consultancy builds around. They originate through relationships that aren't for sale, and create value once the deal closes: contracts, growth, and the path to exit.

The engine

Proprietary flow that never reaches a banker's book

A technology-driven origination capability that maps entire sectors — surfacing the companies, decision-makers, and timing that never appear in an auction or a pitchbook. Continuous, and at a depth no single desk could cover by hand.

How we operate

We see the deal before it's a deal.

The engine tracks the signals that surface an opportunity early — so every approach is proprietary, and timed correctly.

Ownership & succession shifts Capital raises & fund vintages Contract & programme awards Carve-outs & divestitures Power, capacity & interconnection Leadership & hiring moves Permitting & regulatory filings Distress & restructuring
Focus

Two sectors. One discipline.

Where deep operator relationships and capital are converging fastest.

I.

Defence & Aerospace

RF and electronic warfare, SIGINT, mission systems, and the primes and programmes that buy them — led by operators who have built and sold in this market.

RF / EW · SIGINT · Mission systems · AFSOC · AFRL · Federal
II.

Energy & Infrastructure

Utilities, EPC primes, nuclear operators, and the data-center power buildout — with relationships across the owners, contractors, and federal programmes that move it.

Utilities · EPC primes · Nuclear · Data-center power · DOE / DOD
Who we work with

Capital on one side. Companies on the other.

Investors

PE firms · family offices · M&A banks

Deploying into defence, aerospace, energy, and infrastructure — looking for proprietary, off-market acquisition targets, and operators who create value after the deal closes.

Companies

Defence & energy businesses

That need contracts, sites, power, a growth path, or an exit — and the senior relationships and origination to get there.

Team

The operators behind the firm.

Sector leaders who have run, scaled, and sold the businesses our clients invest in — positioned where their experience solves the problem.

Managing Director · Defence & Aerospace

Paul Russell

Former CEO of Stellant Systems, a $380M RF/EW division carved out of L3Harris. Grew the business from $229M to $343M and sold it to Arlington Capital — and again to TransDigm.

Ex-CEO, Stellant SystemsL3Harris carve-out$229M → $343MArlington → TransDigm
Chief Operating Officer

Nick Gritti

Former Stellant Systems. Turned around the SIGINT business, growing orders from $240M to $300M+. Deep relationships across AFSOC and AFRL.

Ex-Stellant SystemsSIGINT turnaround$240M → $300M+AFSOC · AFRL
Director · Energy & Infrastructure

Jim Berkman

$2B+ in capital project delivery, including the $4.5B CANDU restart and the Fort Calhoun decommissioning. Relationships across utilities, EPC primes, nuclear operators, and DOE/DOD.

$2B+ delivered$4.5B CANDU restartFort CalhounUtilities · DOE/DOD
Founder

Alex Fatoberu

Built the platform. Runs origination, clients, and commercial — pairing the operators' relationships with the sourcing engine behind the firm.

FounderPlatformOrigination & commercial
How we engage

Four phases. One focused window.

Mandate-based, confidential, and led from the front. Nothing moves without your sign-off.

01

Mandate

A confidential brief — what you're looking to acquire, source, build, or exit, and where prior efforts stalled.

02

Origination & mapping

We map the market against your mandate — the off-market targets, owners, and timing that fit, surfaced by the engine and the operators.

03

Verification & positioning

We pressure-test what's real — the company, the site, the power, the counterparty — and shape the approach.

04

Introduction & execution

Direct introductions with full context on both sides. We stay in to help win — through close, contract, or exit.

Make contact

Discreet conversations, by introduction.

Tell us what you're looking to acquire, build, or exit — and we'll tell you plainly where we can help.

alex@evimeropartners.com
OfficesUnited Kingdom · United States · Dubai
Emailalex@evimeropartners.com
EngagementsBy introduction · Selective