Atlas Infrastructure Partners
Atlas Infrastructure Partners is an operator‑led infrastructure investment and advisory platform focused on enabling the growth of energy and critical infrastructure across Latin America's mid‑market.
We are not a generalist fund, nor a standardized credit provider. Atlas designs bespoke capital solutions anchored in real assets, contracted revenues, and operational execution, bridging the structural financing gap that constrains otherwise viable businesses and projects.
Our work integrates structured credit, hybrid capital, project finance, and structured equity, always grounded in tangible asset backing, cash‑flow visibility, and downside discipline.
Atlas partners with companies at the point where capital deployment and execution converge, prioritizing capital preservation, sustainable growth, and long‑term value creation.
Our Mission
To maximize risk‑adjusted returns through deep sector specialization, disciplined investment strategy, and operator‑driven capital solutions. We support transformative infrastructure and energy platforms shaping Latin America's future.
We deliver hybrid capital and bespoke execution to asset operators, while providing investors with institutionally structured exposure to contracted, inflation-indexed, cash‑generating real assets in Latin America.
Hybrid Capital for Mid-Market Infrastructure
Atlas Infrastructure Partners offers a differentiated hybrid capital platform targeting Latin America's mid-market real assets, precisely the segment facing the region's largest structural financing gap.
Traditional infrastructure funds focus predominantly on large-cap assets. Private equity demands exit cycles and multiple expansion. Local bank financing typically offer short-term financing that mismatches long asset lives, and international banks predominantly focus on large blue-chip corporates in investment-grade jurisdictions.
The Result: As a result, mid-market operators with mission-critical but smaller-scale assets remain chronically underserved.
Atlas fills this white space with flexible, opportunistic hybrid solutions anchored in real assets that deliver:
- check_circleYield, via predictable, inflation-indexed cash flows,
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- check_circleDisciplined, execution-driven exits.
We do not simply provide financing. We transform operational infrastructure investments into institutionally structured, cash-flow-visible assets that align operator execution with institutional capital.
Our Investment Strategy
Unlike traditional private equity or generic private credit, Atlas operates through a bespoke, operator‑led, hybrid capital strategy, built on three non‑negotiable pillars.
1. Deep Sector Knowledge
Atlas is not a generalist investor. We operate exclusively in sectors where we possess deep technical, operational, and strategic expertise across energy & power, core infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and energy transition.
We begin with the operational reality of each asset, understanding how cash is generated, where risk resides, and which contractual protections are effective. The asset always precedes the capital structure.
2. Absolute Priority on Cash Flow
Atlas prioritizes investments that generate inflation-indexed, contracted operating cash flows from the outset.
Returns are built on cash yield, contractual revenue visibility, and capital resilience—not on deferred value realization or multiple expansion.
Each investment is underwritten to be financially sound from day one.
3. Disciplined Opportunism on Exits
We pursue exits when conditions allow, but never at the cost of operational discipline or cash‑flow integrity.
At Atlas, value creation is driven by execution quality and contractual strength. Multiples are outcomes, not objectives.
Investment Focus
Atlas targets mid-market real assets where capital structure, execution capability, and contractual cash flows drive outcomes. We deploy flexible hybrid capital across four core sectors:
Energy & Power
Utility‑scale and distributed generation, midstream (compression, processing, export-enabling assets) and downstream, always with resilient offtake structures and / or providing essential services.
Sectors shown are illustrative and represent areas of investment focus. Actual investments depend on specific opportunities and market conditions.
Real Assets, Redefined for the Mid-Market
Atlas serves as a strategic bridge between institutional capital and Latin America's mid‑market infrastructure needs.
Our differentiation lies in aligning three dimensions rarely integrated by traditional funds:
- check_circleOperational execution,
- check_circleContractual risk transformation, and
- check_circleInstitutional capital structuring.
The result is infrastructure exposure with visible cash flows, strong downside protection,
and upside, grounded in how assets actually perform in Latin America.
How We Work
Atlas applies a disciplined, execution‑driven investment process grounded in operational reality.
Selective Origination
Proprietary sourcing through decades‑long regional networks.
Reality-Based Diligence
Deep analysis of assets, contracts, execution constraints, and risk transformation into contractual protections.
Execution & Judgment
End‑to‑end transaction leadership informed by firsthand operating experience.
Active Partnership
Ongoing engagement on governance, capex discipline, growth pacing, and risk management.
Our Team
Atlas is led by experienced professionals with deep expertise in energy, infrastructure, and structured finance across Latin America.
Pablo Orlandi
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Pablo Orlandi is Managing Partner and Co‑Founder of Atlas Infrastructure Partners. He brings over 25 years of experience leading, restructuring, and scaling infrastructure, energy, and Oil & Gas services businesses across Latin America and the United States, combining hands‑on operational execution, financial structuring, and institutional coordination in highly regulated and capital‑intensive environments.
Throughout his career, Pablo has held roles as CEO, board member, and senior executive, with direct responsibility for multi‑country portfolios, M&A transactions, regional expansions, and mission‑critical infrastructure platforms across gas, energy, utilities, and industrial services. He is widely recognized for a hands‑on operating approach, working closely with management teams on complex turnarounds, portfolio reorganizations, and disciplined capital deployment.
Prior to co‑founding Atlas, Pablo served as Executive Director of the Energy Business Unit at Sideco Americana (Macri Group), where he combined board‑level governance with direct executive leadership across multiple energy and infrastructure companies in Argentina, Peru, and the United States. Earlier in his career, he led the development of large‑scale infrastructure and energy initiatives with Chinese state‑owned enterprises, coordinating cross‑border teams and institutional counterparties across China and Latin America.
Subsequently, as CEO of ASPRO, Pablo led the company’s strategic repositioning and financial turnaround, including bond issuances, strategic acquisitions, regional expansion, and the implementation of innovative financing structures for real asset deployment.
Pablo holds a PhD and MSc in Financial Economics (Universidad del CEMA / University of Exeter), has completed executive programs at Harvard, NYU, and London Business School, and serves as a Professor of Valuation and Project Finance in graduate programs. He is bilingual in English and Spanish, and his work is characterized by the integration of financial discipline, deep operational insight, and long‑term value creation in real asset infrastructure platforms.
Abraham Prada
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Abraham Prada is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Atlas Infrastructure Partners, bringing 15 years of expertise structuring and closing complex transactions across the Energy, Climate, and Infrastructure sectors. He has led over 70 deals totaling more than USD 65 billion, consistently building and steering high-performing teams to deliver results at scale.
Apollo Global Management recruited Abraham to lead capital solutions for real assets, a mandate that sharpened his perspective on infrastructure equity across North America. At J.P. Morgan, he architected a bold growth strategy for Latam's Project Finance franchise, securing internal buy-in and executing a business development plan that quadrupled the division's P&L within four years.
Prior to J.P. Morgan, Abraham held a Vice President role at Natixis' project finance desk. He launched his career in Structured Corporate Finance at IDB Invest in Washington, D.C.
Perspectives shaped by execution.
Atlas Insights shares practitioner‑led analysis on energy transition, structured finance, and capital deployment in Latin America. We bridge capital markets thinking with on‑the‑ground execution.
Let's Unlock Value Together
Whether you are presenting an infrastructure opportunity, seeking structured capital, or exploring strategic partnerships, Atlas brings judgment, execution capability, and long-term alignment.
Direct Contact
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Offices
- Buenos Aires · New York
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