Robbie Kelley
Partner
Role
Robbie Kelley is a Partner in Business Services, specializing in Facility and Residential Services. He joined the firm in 2021 as a Managing Director.
Experience
Robbie has more than 14 years of experience advising clients on sell and buy-side mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Solomon Partners, he spent most of his career at Piper Sandler where he was focused on advising facility and residential services clients.
RECENT CLIENT TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
- HeartLand, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, on its sale to Pritzker Private Capital
- Tech24, a portfolio company of HCI Equity Partners, on its growth investment from Vestar Capital Partners
- Legacy Service Partners on its growth investment from Gridiron Capital
- Summit Companies, a portfolio company of CI Capital Partners, on its sale to Blackrock Long-Term Private Equity
- Reedy Industries, a portfolio company of Audax Group, on its sale to Partners Group
- LightBay Capital on its acquisition of Village Realty
- JOBS Group, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital, on its sale to Valcourt Building Services, a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co.
- Premier Roofing on its sale to Aurora Capital Partners
- Harvest Partners on its acquisition of Yellowstone Landscape, a portfolio company of CIVC Partners
- Ned Stevens, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, on its sale to AVALT
- HeartLand, a portfolio company of Great Range Capital, on its sale to Sterling Investment Partners
- Five Star Food Service, a portfolio company of PNC Riverarch, on its sale to Freeman Spogli & Co.
- QSI Facilities, a portfolio company of Gridiron Capital, on its sale to Cushman & Wakefield
Education
Robbie is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, and was a member of the men’s golf team.