Companies whose businesses are tied to property assets - especially in maturing market sectors - have attracted the attention of private equity, property and institutional investors in recent years.
Pub operators, gaming companies, hotel operators, schools, healthcare providers, utility companies and many others have taken advantage of this investor demand to sell, restructure or refinance property assets. Sale and leasebacks, sale and managebacks, opco/propco splits, securitisation and a range of other financial instruments have become widely used.
Over the last 24 months, we have provided due diligence and valuation advice for transactions worth in excess of £11.4bn, mainly for M&A, corporate restructuring and listing or refinancing purposes involving the likes of Hilton Hotels, Moto, Southern Cross Healthcare, Severn Trent, Somerfield and Tesco.
These clients have chosen us as their advisers for two reasons:
- Our market leadership in technical areas, such as valuation and financial modelling
- Our day-to-day experience of specialist property sectors, principally because we have dedicated teams active in niche sectors like healthcare, education, car parks, minerals and waste management, logistics, infrastructure, energy/utilities, hotels, pubs and other leisure sectors
In difficult market conditions there is no substitute for dedicated sector experience.
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