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Who We Are

At Artola Capital Partners, our mission is to empower businesses with strategic financial solutions that drive growth, maximize value, end ensure long-term success. We are committed to providing expert investment banking advisory services with integrity, precision, and a client-first approach. Whether navigating M&A transactions, capital raises, or financial restructuring, we act as trusted partners, delivering tailored solutions that align with your business goals.

Our Values


Integrity & Transparency

We uphold the highest ethical standards, fostering trust through honesty, confidentiality, and full transparency in every financial engagement.

Client-Centric Partnership

Your success powers ours. We forge lasting partnerships by understanding your industry challenges and delivering bespoke financial strategies that align with your long-term goals.

Excellence & Sector Expertise

Our team brings unmatched industry insight, financial discipline, and executional rigor to every transaction—ensuring impactful, sector-aligned results.

Strategic Innovation

We anticipate market shifts and regulatory complexities, applying data-driven thinking and creative structuring to unlock value in evolving industries.

Results-Driven Execution

We are committed to measurable outcomes—driving capital efficiency, operational transformation, and sustained growth across energy, infrastructure, and natural resources.

Integrity & Transparency

We uphold the highest ethical standards, fostering trust through honesty, confidentiality, and full transparency in every financial engagement.

Client-Centric Partnership

Your success powers ours. We forge lasting partnerships by understanding your industry challenges and delivering bespoke financial strategies that align with your long-term goals.

Excellence & Sector Expertise

Our team brings unmatched industry insight, financial discipline, and executional rigor to every transaction—ensuring impactful, sector-aligned results.

Strategic Innovation

We anticipate market shifts and regulatory complexities, applying data-driven thinking and creative structuring to unlock value in evolving industries.

Results-Driven Execution

We are committed to measurable outcomes—driving capital efficiency, operational transformation, and sustained growth across energy, infrastructure, and natural resources.

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Our Team

Our Team

At Artola Capital Partners, our team brings deep expertise in M&A, equity, and debt transactions across the energy sector. We are a boutique investment banking partner known for senior-level attention, strategic insight, and tailored execution. Our collaborative approach ensures each engagement is led by experienced professionals with a strong track record of delivering results.

Learn more about our Founder
Javier Artola

Javier Artola

Founder and Managing Partner

Javier Artola is the Founder and Managing Partner of Artola Capital Partners (“ACP”). He has worked on numerous M&A, equity, and debt transactions across the energy industry. Notable recent transactions include:

  • Representing I Squared Capital in its sale of Cube District Energy to Fiera Infrastructure, as well as its $460 million convertible preferred investment in Venture Global LNG.
  • Serving as lead arranger to EPIC Midstream on its $950 million first lien term loan to finance the construction of its Y-Grade Pipeline in the Permian.
  • Representing Vitol in the $1.15 billion sale of a 50% equity interest in VTTI BV to Buckeye Partners.
  • Representing EIG Partners in its $1.5 billion convertible preferred investment in Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi liquefaction project.
  • Representing CenterPoint Energy in its $11 billion midstream joint venture with OGE (Enable Midstream Partners).
  • Acting as structuring agent or lead bookrunner in initial public offerings for companies such as BP Midstream, Tallgrass, Dominion Midstream, and IEnova.

Prior to founding ACP, Javier was a Managing Director and Head of Midstream and Energy Transition at Houlihan Lokey. Before that, he led the Midstream & MLP practice at UBS Investment Bank and worked at Citigroup and Deutsche Bank, focusing on the midstream and power sectors. Javier holds a B.Eng. from Stevens Institute of Technology, an M.Eng. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Houston and has enjoyed playing competitive tennis since his college varsity days.