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Woodlawn helps clients with project finance, M&A, and other financial matters, including:

  • Project financeSolar Cost of Capital Figure 1
  • Acquisition screens
  • Valuation
  • Negotiation support
  • Due diligence
  • Merger integration
  • Financial modeling
  • Pricing strategy

Project Examples

Examples of previous projects include:

  • Helped a leading energy storage company complete $50M debt project financing—the first such financing for energy storage assets.  Evaluated and finalized legal structure, developed financial models, negotiated with investor, and project managed deal through closing.
  • Developed energy dispatch model for solar plus storage offering.  Calculated the unlevered IRR for four different markets.  Developed an algorithm to optimize dispatch and maximize the IRR.
  • Developed partnership flip and inverted lease financial models used by residential solar dealers, finance companies, private equity firms, and utilities to calculate returns for U.S. solar projects.
  • Advised top-five U.S. utility about its investments in solar energy.  Built detailed financial models.  Led acquisition screen.  Conducted acquisition due diligence.
  • Conducted commercial due diligence for private equity firms for acquisitions in media, industrial services, construction, and mining.  Reviewed secondary market research and interviewed customers, competitors, and other stakeholders.
  • Advised lithium-ion battery firm on valuation and valuation maximization.
  • Helped an $800 million distributor smoothly integrate a major acquisition.  Developed integration schedules, wrote all employee, investor, and customer communications, and facilitated organization planning.
  • Led or assisted with 20 M&A transactions among cable and satellite operators.  Supported CEO of cable TV operator in acquisition of large competitor and with follow-on acquisitions.

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