A thorough due diligence process is critical to the success of new business ventures, asset sales, acquisitions, outsourcing and establishing partnering arrangements or joint ventures.

The Challenge
The due diligence phase is crucial in establishing the necessary arrangements for successful project delivery.

The challenge for a first time or repeat investor is to secure and apply the appropriate skill base to identify, understand and address the full range of issues including:

• commercial;
• accounting;
• environmental;
• technological;
• political;
• financial; and
• legal.

The investor must be confident that the information used is complete and accurate.

Evans & Peck Expertise
Evans & Peck is highly experienced in delivering cost-effective and comprehensive due diligence reviews tailored to meet a client’s needs.

We coordinate the work of internal and external specialists, bringing their outputs together into a consistent whole, quantifying the outputs, assessing and advising on their effect on the proposal under consideration.

We offer the services of experienced technical experts in a wide range of industry sectors who provide due diligence and certification work to the highest standards.

We undertake technical and commercial due diligence reviews on projects prior to financial commitment or financial closure.

We also offer program management and assistance in establishing special purpose vehicles at the very early stages of new ventures. The due diligence process often informs subsequent phases or project structuring.

Evans & Peck builds effective teams that can include the proponents as well as the project sponsors, legal professionals and government bodies as needs be.

Our people are experienced in providing independent environmental and quality assurance audit or certification services in the manufacture of significant or critical components for major projects.

We can also provide, if required, independent certification services during the delivery, commissioning, handover and operational phases of a project.

Experience
Evans & Peck’s people have provided due diligence, enterprise establishment and early program management or independent certification, on the following projects:

• privatisation of major Australian Government assets;
• acquisition of a defence contracting businesses;
• the Alice Springs to Darwin Railway;
• Electranet Acquisition by Powerlink, Qld;
• Purchase of Helicopters by Tennix;
• major port and transport infrastructure such as the Fremantle Ports rail loop;
• grain facilities and rolling stock;
• waste management facilities;major process facilities;
• rail locomotive selection;
• submarine cable networks; and
• major national fibre optic cable networks.

Evans & Peck Adds Value
Evans & Peck has the ability to add value to the due diligence process in a number of key areas:

• we take an independent view on all aspects of a project – Evans & Peck is employee owned and operated independently of financiers, manufacturers, contractors or designers;
• we have detailed understanding of design, construction and maintenance processes in a wide range of industry sectors, enabling us to undertake both the feasibility and certification of projects;
• we have an extensive knowledge of specialist technology and financial consultants who work alongside Evans & Peck to provide due diligence services across a breadth of industries;
• we have a full and detailed understanding of the due diligence process and the required inputs and outputs to suit the other professionals involved;
• our broad experience gives us a wide understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of various delivery mechanisms; and
• we have well honed management and communication skills which allow our people to interact effectively with the other project participants.

Our people are acknowledged leaders in their fields of expertise with a broad range of experience.