Mergers and acquisitions support

KEMA provides due diligence consultancy services to investors, bankers and legal companies involved in mergers and take-over transactions. KEMA acts as technical and regulatory / market advisor for both potential buyers and vendors of network and production assets.

Our regulatory / market advisory activities include:

• analysis of market design and market rules
• price control framework analysis
• energy market modeling and price forecasting
• establishment of regulatory asset base
• revenue modeling
• fully-fledged financial modeling
• assessment of regulatory and political risks
• economic benchmarking and efficiency analysis
• financial performance analysis.

Our technical advisory activities include:

• assessment of asset condition – site visits
• investigation of technical operating data, operating regimes and flexibility of the assets
• application of quantitative methods and techniques
• assessment of efficiency and availability of the assets
• assessment of policies regarding design and planning of maintenance, extension, re-rating and upgrades
• assessment of technical and regulatory factors
• environmental assessments (e.g. permitting, licenses, breaches)
• forecasting of capital and operational expenditures
• evaluation of assets under consideration.