Extensive experience

The Mar Advisors team has an excellent track record in executing transactions in the Seafood and Infrastructure & Energy sectors, both in Iceland and internationally.

Extensive experience

The Mar Advisors team has an excellent track record in executing transactions in the Seafood and Infrastructure & Energy sectors, both in Iceland and internationally.

Seafood
| Energy & Infrastructure

Strategic and financial advisor to Skretting on evaluating the feasibility of a greenfield aquafeed production plant in Iceland.

Financial advisor to LAXEY – an Icelandic land-based salmon company – in the 4th round equity increase of €47 million

Financial advisor to Matorka – one of the world’s leading land-based Arctic char producers – on its €2.7 million capital raise

Financial advisor to LAXEY – an Icelandic land-based salmon company – in the 3rd round equity increase of €63 million

Financial advisor to Matorka in restructuring of the company

Financial advisory services to Sean Ward (Fish Exports) Ltd., a leading pelagic processor in Killybegs, Ireland

Financial advisor to LAXEY – an Icelandic land-based salmon company – in the 2nd round equity increase of €46 million

Sole financial advisor to LAXEY – an Icelandic land-based salmon company – in the 1st round €42 million equity increase

Strategic advisory on international investments in the seafood industry

Exclusive advisor to Iceland Seafood International on the sale of IS UK to Espersen

M&A advisory services related to OTPP seafood investment strategy

Exclusive financial advisor to Iceland Seafood on the acquisition of Ahumados Dominguez, a leading salmon smoker in Spain

Financial advisor to the shareholders of FMS (FishMarket Sudurnes) and of FMV (FishMarket Westfjords) in the merger of the two companies.

Exclusive financial advisor to Hábrún, an Icelandic Trout farmer in the Westfjords, in relation to financing of their growth plans

Financial advisory to Umbudamidlun related to their acquisition of Borgarplast

Exclusive advisor to the shareholder of ÍS47, a trout farmer in Iceland, on an equity increase and the sale of a majority stake to ÍV SIF Equity Farming

Exclusive financial advisor on the sale of Ecomsa, a Spanish seafood distributor, based in Malaga

Exclusive financial advisor on the acquisition of Carr & sons, an Irish secondary seafood processor, on behalf of Ocean Path

Exclusive advisor to Frumtak and a group of investors in the sale process of their 48% share in Trackwell, a leading IT provider of resource solutions

Exclusive financial advisor to Icelands’ leading fishmarkets in acquiring a 38% stake in Umbudamidlun, Icelands largest owner of fishtubs

Exclusive advisor to the Ecock family in the sale of a 67% stake in Ocean Path, Dublin, to Iceland Seafood International

Exclusive advisor to Fisk Seafood, Jakob Valgeir, Nesfiskur and Sjavarsyn in the €70m sale of Icelandic Iberica for a 44% stake in Iceland Seafood International

Exclusive financial advisor to Frumtak venture fund and New Business Venture Fund in the sale of their 37% share in Valka, the leading seafood technology firm

Exclusive advisor to Solo Seafood (now ISI) in the €20 m acquisition of Icelandic Iberica.

Advisory services for the family owned Icelandic seafood company Nesfiskur.

Led the reorganization of £300m UK seafood group. Merged three companies into one, which was later sold to Hilton Food Group for £82m

Team members acted as financial advisors in a number of transactions, including debt financing and buy-side advisory

Exclusive financial advisor in the sale of the salmon farming operations of Congelados del Pacifico in Chile to the German owned Ventisqueros

USD 230m new equity raised for COPEINCA, a leading Peruvian pelagic company. Advised and managed the listing of the shares on Oslo Stock Exchange. Co-management of a USD 180m syndicated loan

USD 134m private placement and listing of CAMPOSOL, the leading Peruvian agribusiness, on the Oslo Axess Stock Exchange in Norway. Arranged acquisition financing to DC Holding

Acquisition Financing for AQUACHILE’s acquisition of the salmon farming company Aguas Claras, structured in a club loan with BCI bank in Chile

Structured an asset-based financing for Europacifico SA, a Spanish seafood sales and marketing company, negotiated with owners in Chile, Japan and New Zealand

Financing and structuring of a convertible bond for Ocean Nutrition Canada, an omega-3 supplements company, as well as other transactions related to CFFI and Clearwater Seafoods

Exclusive sale side advisor to the owners in the sale of ICICLE SEAFOODS. Arranged acquisition financing for the the buyer, the Private Equity firm Paine and Partners

Advisor to American Seafood Group in number of financing and advisory transactions, including the management buy-out structured in 2006

MAR Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to the Mannvit board, management and shareholders in the sale of the leading Icelandic engineering company to COWI.

Exclusive financial advisor to Downing, an European Renewable Energy Fund on the acquisition of a 1.1 MW small-hydro plant in Húsafell.

Advisor on the development of an ammonia e-fuel plant in Reydarfjordur, Iceland and a 350 MW windfarm in Fljótsdalshreppur, Iceland.

Exclusive M&A advisor to Mannvit in the sale of their Hungarian operation to Arctic Green Energy.

Exclusive advisor to Arctic Hydro and it‘s shareholders in structuring and funding US$ 25 m for a small hydro project in Iceland.

Strategic advisory to Huawei, the leading IT and R&D company, on their digitalization and technology strategy in Iceland

Monitor and develop infrastructure investment opportunities and various support services.

Strategy advisory and ISK 1.3 billion equity increase for Wedo parent of Iceland largest online retail company Heimkaup

Due Diligence reports on small hydro projects in North America and Eastern Europe for Landsvirkjun power.

Advisor to Norsk Hydro in the USD 345 m offer to acquire an aluminium smelter in Straumsvik, Iceland from Rio Tinto Alcan.

Financial Advisor for Husafell Resort on a hotel project combined with a sustainable small hydro plant.

Led the buy-side advisory team for Magma Energy (Innergex) in the acquisition of the geothermal company HS Orka.

Developed a JV with Sinopec for building a geothermal district heating system in China. Today the largest geothermal district heating company in China.

Team members advised Novator in a US$ 130 m transaction, disposing of a 50% stake in NOVA, an Icelandic telecommunication company, to the Alaskan based PE fund PT Capital.

Financial and operational restructuring of the Iceland to Europe fiber optic cable, as a board member at Farice.

Advisory service to a joint UK – Iceland task force, appointed by the Prime Ministers of both countries, on a possible interconnector.