Our Services
esmera is specialised in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance in the renewable energy sector and advises clients globally on energy infrastructure and cleantech.
As a consulting company with focus on renewables, esmera is able to support you in all strategic and business development issues.
Providing comprehensive expertise in the areas of funding, technology and market intelligence, our consultancy has an excellent network of investors, project developers, banks, business enterprises and technology companies.
Buy-side Advisory support and advice on investment process: defining the investment strategy, strategic allocation and asset sourcing, valuation, due diligence, negotiation to asset and portfolio management.
Sell-side Advisory support: distinguished by our excellent network of investors we prepare sales documents, identify suitable buyers and manage the entire transaction process on behalf of our clients.
Financing: our experience and first-rate network enables us to provide our customers with favoured access to banks and other investors.
M&A Sell-Side
Due to our excellent network, within investment groups – particularly institutional investors, utilities, fund and asset managers, family offices as well as private banks – we are able to offer our clients an efficient and bespoke sales process.
We determine the optimal sales strategy in agreement with our clients, prepare professional sales documents and assure a sales process optimised to achieve the maximum revenue potential.
Services:
- Preparation Phase (Determining customer needs, developing sales strategies and processes, designing integrated finance models for calculating profitability, cash flows and returns, preparing sales documentation including teaser, info memo, process description)
- Information Phase (Identifying and sourcing potential buyers, approaching the market, selection of potential buyers)
- Due Diligence Phase (Assistance in establishing a due diligence process data room, managing the Q&A process, coordinating the due diligence process, pre-negotiations)
- Closing Phase (Assistance in all negotiations till closing)
M&A Buy-Side
esmera can draw upon a vast network and offers its clients access to attractive investment opportunities in various technologies and countries. We maintain close contact to project developers, utilities, independent power producers, manufacturers and investors. This allows us to identify and acquire best-suited investment opportunities that dovetail the investment strategy of our clients.
Following a strict process using proven business and integrated financial models, we evaluate and benchmark all potential investment opportunities, with exemplary success. This demonstrated method of developing the most appropriate buy-side approach to renewable energy for our clients has resulted in transactions for institutional investors, asset managers, utilities and project developers.
Services:
- Preparation Phase (defining acquisition criteria, strategy development, asset allocation)
- Initiation Phase (identifying suitable investment opportunities, deal sourcing, approaching the market)
- Transaction Phase 1 (Q&A, analysis of project, sensitivity and profitability, indicative valuation, drafting indicative offers)
- Transaction Phase 2 (project management of acquisition process, coordinating and managing all due diligence processes, undertaking commercial due diligence, documentation)
- Closing Phase (negotiating purchase and project contracts, final project appraisal, sensitivity and profitability analysis, support in drafting information memorandums for committees).
Finance
Having evaluated numerous projects over the years, we have gathered valuable experiences within the field of financing projects with debt and mezzanine. Our financing model enables us to determine the maximum financing capacity as well as the optimal financing plan for a project or an asset. Additionally, we determine the financing structures best suited to your project’s requirements.
Our experience and first-rate network enables us to provide our customers with favoured access to banks and other Investors.
Services:
- Evaluation of financial feasibility of Projects
- Development of integrated financing model and cash flow projections
- Determination of maximum financing capacity on project covenants
- Optimisation of transaction and financing structures
- Composition of financing documentation
- Methodology for selecting financing partners
- Assistance in negotiating term sheets and financing agreements with financing partners
- Providing advice on bankability of supplier contracts and operation agreements
- Refinancing
Consulting
We are a consulting firm for the European energy markets. We are successful in our core business M&A and finance as we know how to deal with all related topics, too.
As such we also deliver interdisciplinary and management consulting services.
Our value proposition:
- Extensive network of investors, asset owners and service providers
- Sound understanding of legal, technical and tax matters
- Experience in corporate finance and structuring sophisticated financial products
- Background knowledge in energy markets and trading
- Affinity for numbers and financial mathematics
- Tested processes and high-quality standards
- Awareness of pitfalls in all major markets
- Track record in working with a variety of customers
