Terra Firma drives value creation. Founded by Private Equity pioneer Guy Hands in 1994, Terra Firma has a 30+ year track record of investing in transformational private equity, operational real estate and infrastructure plus. Since establishment, Terra Firma has invested €18 billion in 43 businesses with an aggregate enterprise value of over €52 billion.
Terra Firma means ‘solid ground’. It reflects our consistent and distinctive approach to investment. We buy asset-rich businesses in essential industries that can be transformed through fundamental change in the long term. As such, we invest time, money and expertise into transforming the strategy, operations and finances of the businesses we acquire, recognising that long term success is not achieved purely by focusing on short-term objectives but through dedicated partnership, integrity and tenacity.
Headquartered near Paris, Geoservices offers a range of high added value services for the oil industry, enabling players to evaluate oil reserves and optimize field exploration, development and production. Thanks to its network of bases in over 50 countries, the company offers a range of services covering all the main sectors of the oil market. Its services may be divided into 4 main categories: mudlogging (global leader), well intervention, well tests and field surveillance.
Geo-Solutions, Inc (Geo-Solutions, GSI) helps contractors, owners and engineers select and implement cost-effective and practical construction solutions to environmental and civil engineering problems involving soil and groundwater. Geo-Solutions specializes in the construction of slurry trench cutoff walls, soil mixing, and jet grouting.