Robbie Kelley is a Partner in Business Services, specializing in Facility and Residential Services. He joined the firm in 2021 as a Managing Director.
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
Robbie is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, and was a member of the men’s golf team.
Select Recent Transactions
Served as financial advisor to Thermogenics, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, on its sale to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
June 2025
Served as financial advisor to Agellus Capital on its acquisitions of FirePro Tech LLC, Chase Fire, and AAA Fire Protection Services to create Bluejack Fire & Life Safety
February 2025
Served as financial advisor to Unified Power, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, on its sale to Pearce Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
December 2024
Served as financial advisor to Apax Funds on its acquisition of Altus Fire & Life Safety
September 2024
Served as financial advisor to HeartLand on its sale to Pritzker Private Capital
December 2023
Served as financial advisor to Tech24, a portfolio company of HCI Equity Partners, on its growth investment from Vestar Capital Partners
September 2023
Served as financial advisor to Pavement Partners, a portfolio company of Shoreline Equity Partners, on its merger with Brothers National
February 2023
Served as financial advisor to Legacy Service Partners on its growth investment from Gridiron Capital
January 2023
Served as financial advisor to Knox Lane on its acquisition of Ruppert Landscape
December 2022
Served as financial advisor to GTCR on its strategic investment in Senske Services
December 2022
Served as financial advisor to Ned Stevens on its sale to Cobepa
November 2022
Served as financial advisor to OMERS on its acquisition of Pueblo Mechanical & Controls
August 2022
Served as financial advisor to Freeman Spogli on its partnership with NearU Services
August 2022
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Linear Roofing on its sale to Capital Construction, a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners
July 2022
Served as financial advisor to Eden Technologies on its sale of Alder to Orion Group, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors
July 2022
Served as financial advisor to Sun Capital Partners on its affiliate's acquisition of Andersen Commercial Plumbing
July 2022
Served as financial advisor to Ridgemont Equity Partners on its acquisition of Crete Mechanical Group
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Audax Private Equity on its acquisition of Thermogenics
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fairway Lawns
May 2022
Served as financial advisor to York Private Equity on its acquisition of Healthcare Linen Services Group
April 2022
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