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Environmental Due Diligence considerations in transactions
How it pays to get it right
Environmental Due Diligence (EDD) has been a staple consideration of buying, selling, and operating property for some time, and has more recently become an increasingly important aspect of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
In an era where sustainability, environmental regulation, and corporate social responsibility have gained significant prominence, the environmental health of a target company or asset can have far-reaching impacts on the overall success and risk profile of a transaction.
Properly assessing and mitigating environmental risks during the due diligence process ensures that both the buyer and seller are fully aware of any liabilities and can take appropriate actions to minimise these risks.
Join our experts as we look at the different types of EDD applications in property and M&A transactions, why they can be critical, and what market trends we have been seeing.
Watch and learn
Watch as our experts discuss Environmental Due Diligence (EDD), covering:
- What is Environmental Due Diligence, its impact and what you need to know to get it right
- Property environmental risks and what they could mean for your transaction
- Everything you need to know about merger and acquisition transactions.
Key takeaways
- Consider environmental risk across the entire investment lifecycle to help you assess environmental impacts on future tenants, operations, and development opportunities.
- Don’t ignore environmental liabilities, as this can lead to unexpected costs and harm business performance.
- Engage with a professional advisor early in your project plans.
- Effective capturing of environmental risk is a critical process to help make an informed decision on a bid price.
- Stay compliant to protect your reputation.
Speakers
Rob Thomson
Director - Environmental Due Diligence and Transaction Advisory
Rob has over 25 years' of experience providing value-added environmental risk management services to financial and corporate buyers, and industrial clients, as well as to lawyers, lenders, and other industry parties.
With broad experience of complicated transactions, Rob appreciates the perspective of different parties to a deal. Rob specialises in transactional due diligence and the risk assessment of environmental liabilities, then helping to resolve and manage such issues after a transaction closes.
In his advisory role Rob understands the importance of customising the approach, based on the financial objectives of the parties to the particular transaction. He prioritises critical issues, reviews technical findings, and translates identified issues into their potential impact on business operations, considering their implications for cash flow and equity value.
Jack Morfett
Associate - Due Diligence
Jack has 10 years’ industry experience, he provides technical and environmental support to property and M&A transactions, delivering a range of environmental due diligence projects to financial, corporate and private equity sector clients.
As the lead for M&A environmental due diligence he has project managed the EDD for numerous transactions over the years in varying sectors, including industrial, aerospace, automotive, and food/beverage.
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