Track Record
Built Environment
For over 20 years, we have advised founders, owners and investors across the Built Environment on strategy, growth and M&A, combining deep sector expertise with data-driven intelligence to consistently deliver high-success outcomes.
We work across the key segments that shape the Built Environment, including construction, engineering, consultancy, infrastructure, and specialist services. This breadth, supported by continuous market intelligence and proprietary data, enables us to identify emerging opportunities, understand how value chains evolve, and position businesses with precision for both strategic and financial buyers.
Our long-standing sector focus is complemented by rigorous analysis, real-time market insight and a highly informed view of buyer behaviour. This allows us to anticipate dynamics, de-risk decision-making and optimise timing, ensuring our clients achieve superior outcomes in competitive processes.
Whether advising on strategic positioning, preparing for sale, or executing a transaction, we combine data-led insight, deep connectivity, and a disciplined execution approach to maximise certainty, drive competitive tension and deliver consistently strong results.
Success Story
About OWS Fire Rated (OWS): OWS Fire Rated, founded in 1996 by Matthew Potter and Alan Williams, designs, fabricates and installs fire-resistant windows, doors and curtain wall products. Over the last 28 years, OWS Fire Rated has developed strong partnerships with leading aluminium glazing contractors and main contractors. The company is now the leading supplier of fire-resistant aluminium fenestration products in the UK.
About Haerens Group: The Haerens Group is a family business focused on growth and the long-term development of its people and stakeholders. Today, their key activities include Technical Glass at Haerens & Vitrotec, Museum Showcases at Meyvaert and Technical Doors & Partitions at Eribel. The Haerens Group upholds its business with a centralized Finance, IT, Legal and HR group, allowing for future improvement and the expansion into additional territories and activities.
Sale of OWS Fire Rated Ltd to Haerens Group
October 2024
Sold To
Narrative: The OWS owners engaged Bean Partners well in advance of their planned exit, enabling a comprehensive preparation process and a series of strategic interventions that significantly enhanced the attractiveness and saleability of the business. The subsequent sale process attracted an international buyer with strong strategic alignment and significant operational synergies, resulting in a highly successful transaction and creating positive future opportunities for both the owners and the management team.
Matthew Potter, Director of OWS: Tom and the rest of the team at Bean Partners took great care of us through this process from start to finish, making sure that we had a good understanding of each stage and co-ordinating many moving parts to deliver a fantastic end result. Bean Partners were a great partner to have by our side through this once in a lifetime event.