Why companies call us

At-Venture Business Strategies provides dedicated counsel and cost-effective solutions for a wide range of energy-related challenges. From engineering & operations, to finance, regulatory issues, general business decisions, or turnaround management, asset management, M&A transactions, we can contribute to your success. Services are extended to renewable energy sources (RES) – Solar- Wind – Hydro – Biomass -. Distinctive competences are also deployed to other energy sources like fuel and gas sources.

Real value to our clients

This service area provides full support in the definition of the appropriate technology to deploy to energy projects from the design stage up to the selection of the retained EPC contractor and O&M contractors. Services include also the support to the definition and, if already in place, the review of both the EPC and O&M agreements according to the various level of services expected by the parties.

Technology selection support
Plant effectiveness reviews
EPC agreement definition and negotiation
O&M agreement definition and negotiation

This service area aims at supporting our clients in managing an effective and efficient due diligence process. Advisory service are intended to help lawyers, sellers, buyer, involved in the potential asset transaction. This could be a plant or a company owning in full or partially the plant.

DD process preparation
Virtual Data Room setup and management
On site land/plant inspections
Business model/financial planning definition and reviews

This service area is intended to support our clients to find the appropriate asset or cluster of assets and the right counterpart for a smooth M&A transaction of energy projects as well as fully operating plants. Advisory services are addressed to individual investors, institutional ones, family offices, plant owners, project engineering companies. When acting on “buy side”, our services may include the spotting of the regional markets, the identification of the most suitable assets/portfolios according to investor’s strategy, the support to the definition and negotiation of the Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA). When acting on “sell side”, activities include the preparation of the sale package, sales teasers, business model verification, support to pricing definition, identification of the adequate investor, support to SPA preparation and negotiation.

Regulatory environment verification
Project pipeline/plant portfolios screening and assembling
Concessions and connection authorizations status check
Assets portfolio teaser preparation
Definition of MoU/LoI/NDA/NBO/GTA-Tolling/ agreements and negotiation
SPA definition and negotiation support

These services respond to specific energy related customer requirements in need of growing/improving internal processes or to establish new strategic partnerships within the energy/asset related sector. Typical duties in this area include:

Business/asset valuation
Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) definition and negotiation
MoU/LoI/NDA/NBO/SPA/GTA-Tolling/ agreements definition and negotiation
M&A advice in power generation and infrastructures
Restructuring of utilities companies in view of a mergers and/or acquisition
Power plants operation strategy definition and optimization
Power transmission, merchant lines HVDC, development
Asset management, O&M contractors performance monitoring and scoring