Private Equity Services
Progress in Due Diligence
Newmark Knight Frank is a leader in the operations facilities and real estate consulting industry. We help forward-thinking business leaders drive results through quality, intelligent and reliable due diligence, strategy development and implementation.
Strategic Services
Acquisition Due Diligence
- Knowledge gathering and analysis of occupancy costs, space usage, operation costs and financial risks.
- Comprehensive Facilities Due Diligence: Complete financial analysis, operations audit, document review, workspace allocations study and risk profile.
- Acquisition Target Synopsis: A swift, tactical inspection and cost analysis of a target's facilities and operations.
Acquisition Target Integration
- Analysis of the targets real estate portfolio in the context of an integration with our clients portfolio or as with platform acquisition, an integration of multiple entities. Integration strategy including Real Estate and HR Impact.
- Real Estate Portfolio Master Planning: An internal process of measurement and control focused on the effective alignment of the organisation's physical envelope with its core objectives.
Internal and External Benchmarking
- Cost analysis and reduction through comparing current operating costs, cost of goods, occupancy costs and returns on assets against those of similar organisations within similar markets.
- Supply Chain Analysis and Optimisation: Analysis of current logistics capabilities and reduction of logistics costs.
Workspace Analysis and Optimisation
- The measurement and increased efficiency that an organisation's work flow receives from their physical envelope.
- Project/Transaction Management: Full implementation of optimisation strategies including Real Estate transaction management, construction management and project/program management.
The Four Cs: Customers, Competitors, Capacity and Cost
Newmark Knight Frank's due diligence and strategic modelling services address each "C”, thereby helping private equity clients make well-informed operations and facilities-related decisions to optimise their post-acquisition business model.
Customers
Our team analyses current levels of output (goods or services) by facility and/or business unit. This analysis can be a "snapshot" of a particular time or involve historical trends and forecasts. Our strategic modelling will incorporate anticipated changes in the customer base. Based on demand forecasts provided to us by our clients, we can create proactive operational strategies and projected cost analysis.
Capacity
We analyse the target's output capacity as it is limited by the target's facilities and supply chain. We also model scenarios where the target's capacity is not increased and identify potential opportunities to optimise the target's operations. All optimisation models include ROI calculations.
Competitors
Our diverse client base allows us to assemble operational benchmarks including occupancy costs, conventional and third party logistics costs, lease costs, inventory levels, and time to market. The information we provide helps private equity firms understand opportunities for post-acquisition optimisation.
Costs
Our ability to model increased operational output based on potential growth strategies makes cash flow projections more accurate. If the post-acquisition strategy calls for a operational change, such as bifurcation or consolidation, our operational models are useful for the same reason.