Success Stories
Our Work in Action
True partnership is measured by its results. The following projects showcase how Corvo Partners collaborates with clients to navigate pivotal moments and turn strategic vision into tangible success. Each engagement is a testament to our commitment to providing clear, incisive guidance that creates lasting value.
Facilitating a Strategic Cross-Border Fintech Acquisition
Service: Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry: Fintech
The Challenge
An open banking provider had a strategic objective to enter the competitive UK market and expand its payment capabilities. To achieve this, the company needed to complete a cross-border acquisition of a UK-based platform. The challenge lay in successfully navigating the complex regulatory and commercial aspects of the deal to ensure a smooth and strategically sound transaction.
Our Approach
As a key consulting partner, Corvo Partners provided targeted advice on the acquisition. Our contribution focused on critical workstreams within the transaction, including providing strategic counsel during key phases of the negotiation. Drawing on our deep experience in the pan-European fintech sector, we helped the company’s team navigate specific regulatory considerations and assess the strategic fit, ensuring the proposed deal aligned with their long-term growth ambitions.
The Outcome
The successful acquisition provided the company with an immediate and significant foothold in the UK, creating a powerful pan-European open banking leader. The transaction united two highly complementary platforms, enhancing the company’s’ service offering with advanced e-commerce and B2B payment initiation services. Corvo Partners is proud to have contributed our expertise to this landmark deal, helping our client achieve a pivotal strategic objective.
Supporting Innovation in Autonomous Port Logistics
Service: Strategy & Transactions
Industry: Cyber & Robotics
The Challenge
One of Europe’s logistics hubs, continually seeks innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and advance its sustainability goals. Our client was developing a pioneering autonomous, electric shuttle to optimise the complex internal movement of containers at the hub. The challenge for our client was to demonstrate the shuttle’s viability with a flawless technical strategy and seamless integration into a live, operational port environment.
Our Approach
Acting as strategic advisors, Corvo Partners provided essential counsel on the technical and operational strategy for the autonomous shuttle project. Our contribution centred on helping our client’s team refine the project’s coordination and deployment plan for a live demonstration. We provided independent analysis to validate the shuttle’s performance parameters against the demanding, real-world conditions of an active port, ensuring the technical strategy was robust, risk-assessed and aligned with the objectives of all project partners.
The Outcome
The demonstration was a resounding success, showcasing a scalable and effective solution for the future of port logistics. The trial validated the autonomous shuttle’s ability to operate safely and efficiently in a busy terminal, marking a significant milestone for our client and their advanced automated vehicle technology. Corvo Partners is pleased to have supported this pioneering project, contributing strategic guidance that helped our client demonstrate true innovation in the pursuit of a smarter, more sustainable global supply chain.
Advising on a World-First Green Hydrogen Network
Service: Due Diligence & Strategy
Industry: Green Energy
The Challenge
Corvo Partners consulted on a project representing groundbreaking steps towards decarbonising home heating by supplying households with green hydrogen. This pioneering initiative is a major collaboration between key industry and government partners, including multiple funding partners. For our client, a key funder, the project presented both immense potential and significant complexity, requiring a thorough, independent assessment to validate its feasibility, risk profile and strategic value before committing capital.
Our Approach
As strategic consultants, Corvo Partners was engaged to provide critical due diligence and ongoing advisory support for the project. Our role involved a multi-faceted assessment, contributing to the initial due diligence workstreams that examined the project’s commercial viability and risk landscape. We continue to support our client by providing analysis on key aspects of the project, including customer research, safety case validation and the development of evidence packs for regulatory submissions. Our guidance helps ensure that our client’s investment is underpinned by a robust, independent and clear-eyed view of this complex and innovative undertaking.
The Outcome
The project is now a landmark demonstration in the UK’s journey towards net zero. For our client, the project represents a successful investment in a critical piece of green infrastructure. Corvo Partners role in providing the strategic assurance and analytical rigour enabled our client to confidently support a project with the potential to shape the future of clean energy for generations to come.