Diligence

Transaction due diligence has been an integral part of the Calash offering since its foundation twenty years ago.

We can boast of a $35bn-plus cumulative enterprise value of advised transactions, working with financial institutions such as venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, pension funds, infrastructure investors, private credit investors, debt funds, and banks, as well as corporate clients ranging from start-ups to listed multinationals.

Our due diligence offering reflects Calash’s unique history as a consultancy founded on first-hand industry experience and includes services such as:

  • Commercial Due Diligence
    Assess a company’s commercial performance, long-term sustainability, and future prospects, analysing market demand, its commercial standing, business plan risk, and competitive landscape.

  • Technical & Operational Due Diligence
    Identify technology, skills and operational risks associated with a company using Calash’s in-house engineering and market experience, alongside third-party expert insights and primary research.

  • Environmental Due Diligence
    Assessment of businesses’ operations, real estate and supply chain to identify environmental risks that could lead to commercial, human, financial and sustainability challenges.

  • Vendor Due Diligence
    Due diligence assessment of a business, conducted from a potential buyer’s perspective, to support a sale.

  • Restructuring Support
    Working with key stakeholders, such as lenders and shareholders, to assess an organisation’s market positioning and align its strategies to target short-term profitability and long-term commercial sustainability.

  • Expert Witness
    Providing in-depth technical and commercial understanding of niche applications in the energy equipment and services market for the benefit of legal proceedings.
Diligence
Energy

Offshore wind M&A heads towards reboot

The wind sector is in growth mode and stakeholders are fiercely competing to increase their slice of the pie but growing pains have emerged, casting a shadow on previously held assumptions around the commerciality of the sector.

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Deals

Calash advises on the partial sale of Wood Thilsted

Calash is pleased to announce that it has provided vendor commercial due diligence services to the owners of Wood Thilsted, a global offshore wind engineering consultancy, which has successfully gained a minority investment from Inflexion, a leading mid-market private equity

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Energy

North Sea Energy

There’s space in the North Sea for both offshore wind and natural gas production to provide sustainable energy for northern European nations – but will a limited pool of offshore service providers meet the growing demand of operators?

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Executive Insights

Mining in the Energy Transition

Over the past 18 months Calash has seen an increased interest in the mining sector, reflecting its role in the energy transition, including oilfield service companies looking to diversify. However, for many investors, the role of mining is less clear.

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Deals

Calash advises PTL on Stanley Oil & Gas acquisition

Calash is pleased to announce that it has provided commercial due diligence services to Pipeline Technique (PTL), an onshore and offshore infrastructure welding, coating, and fabrication services provider owned by Bluewater, on its acquisition of the oil and gas division

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Energy

Sustainability & Midmarket Investing

This presentation outlines an approach to segment and map sustainability-linked investments in the midmarket, offering insights into these sub-themes’ growth potential and opportunities. It will also highlight Calash’s expertise in sustainability-related investment advisory and strategic support.

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Energy

SURF’s UP: Navigating the subsea transition

May 2022: The subsea market is heavily exposed to the energy transition, with offshore wind increasingly providing new project work. However, telecoms, power, and even deep-sea mining, are other areas of potential diversification. But how best to gain exposure to

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Energy

The European Defence Market: A PE Opportunity

The defence sector has traditionally struggled to attract investment, often clashing with private equity mandates and rising ESG pressures. That is beginning to change. A broader range of investors is now showing interest, particularly in the complex supply chains that

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Infrastructure​ & Environment

Environmental Due Diligence:
Mitigating Operational Risk

Environmental due diligence will identify gaps in environmental regulatory compliance and poor operational practices that are potentially harmful to people and the planet, and negatively impact on the reputation of a business. What is an environmental due diligence exercise? Environmental

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Energy

Hydrogen Market Outlook

Hydrogen’s role in the energy transition has received increasing attention over the past 24 months, principally due to its ability to decarbonise hard to abate sectors, such as steel production, and balance intermittent power generation from renewables.

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Deals

Calash supports OEG on its acquisition of OPS Wind

Calash is pleased to announce that it provided voice-of-the-customer support to OEG Offshore on its acquisition of Offshore Painting Services Limited (OPS Wind), a leading provider of specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) and training services to the offshore wind sector.

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Robert Neves
Associate Director
Rob has 15 years of experience in management consulting, with a focus on commercial and vendor due diligence and strategic advisory. He has supported clients across a wide range of sectors, including Energy and Environment, Industrials and Technology. Rob has led numerous projects for investors and management teams, including full commercial reviews, market assessment and entry strategies, customer and competitor analysis and strategy development support.