We are pleased to share the sale of our client, Orion Registrar, Inc. to AMTIVO Group (a portfolio company of Charterhouse Capital Partners). The transaction closed October 27, 2022.

Orion Registrar (Orion), located in Arvada, Colorado, is a provider of auditing and certification services. Orion was founded by auditors who realized a need and came together to provide the most professional and fair certification service possible. The company’s auditors are experienced and care about providing a value-added service. Orion looks at its relationships with its clients as investments of time and excellence.

Orion has taken the existing certification approach and refined it to improve its clients’ product and market advantage, as well as improve their service, quality, and overall competitiveness. From its service-oriented attitude to its value-added approach, it is never long before its clients realize Orion is the best source of thorough and fair auditing. Orion is committed to providing third-party certification services that meet or exceed the needs and expectations of its clients.

Located in Kent, England, AMTIVO Group (AG) helps to build high-performing, sustainable organizations that deliver for their customers, employees, investors and the societies in which they operate. AG does this through the provision of accredited certification, training and technology-enabled services, specializing in management system certification.

Charterhouse Capital Partners (CCP), located in London, England, is one of the longest-established private equity firms operating in Europe. CCP follows a selective, conviction-led approach to investing in high-quality mid-market European companies.

The company invests with a growth-focused approach to mid-market European companies across the services, healthcare, industrials and consumer sectors. CCP follows a selective style, sourcing attractive investment opportunities often ahead of any process with the long-term ambition of driving transformational change.

Generational Equity Executive Managing Director of M&A – Western Region, Stephen Crisham, and his team, led by Managing Director – M&A, Chad Comroe, closed the transaction. Executive Managing Director and Group Leader Randy Kamin established the initial relationship with Orion.

“It was a very competitive process with many interested parties,” said Comroe. “AMTIVO Group was the best fit, and we are excited to watch the companies grow together in the future.”