Due diligence and advisory services 2019 Advisory team provides due diligence and advisory services to over 20 GW of projects

What was the aim of the work?

In 2019, Natural Power’s in-house team of over 80 advisors collectively delivered due diligence and advisory services to inform investment and divestment decision making. This included over 160 projects and portfolios spanning 25 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. We delivered market-leading services for a portfolio of over 20 GW of projects. 


What was the outcome?

Natural Power collaborated with several banks, financial institutions, owner operators and developers together with legal and financial advisors to deliver these services.

The results presented informed a number of investment and divestment decision making processes, while identifying specific project factors that required attention, in addition to highlighting project-specific risks and benefits 


What did Natural Power do to get this result?

Natural Power’s global advisory team delivered a portfolio of due diligence services to a global client base to inform a number of transaction and advisory scenarios throughout the course of 2019, including:

• Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, often containing a mixture of operating, pipeline and pre-construction assets, where Natural Power performed technical due diligence duties on behalf of the acquirer or on behalf of the vendor.
• Project finance debt transactions, where we fulfilled the duties of lender’s or owner’s independent engineers/technical advisors, from pre-finance technical due diligence to project commissioning and handover.
• Assisted and supported clients with investment decisions relating to market entry, design and technology optimisation, life extension analysis, and OPEX optimisation and route to market.

Natural Power delivered these advisory services throughout all stages of the transaction cycle and across a number of energy sectors. This included initial risk assessment and reporting in early transaction stages and comprehensive reporting for credit committee or data room presentation at final bid stage or financial close.

Throughout delivery, we formed effective working relationships with client’s legal, commercial and advisory teams to ensure all findings presented were collective, joined up and presented in the context of the individual projects themselves.