DEAL STRUCTURING

A clearer structure for a complex property opportunity.

How a property deal is structured can change its cash requirements, decision-making and exposure to risk. RealIQ helps you assess the commercial implications of acquisition and development structures, compare debt and equity scenarios, and coordinate the questions that need to be resolved with your legal, tax and lending advisers.

ALIGN THE TERMS WITH THE PROJECT

Understand what each arrangement asks of you.

A promising opportunity needs a structure that works for the project and the people involved. Contributions, repayment priorities, control, timing and exit provisions all shape the commercial proposition. We help you map those elements and consider how alternative arrangements may affect the feasibility and the responsibilities of each party. This can include acquisition terms, staged commitments, development participation, proposed capital stacks and joint venture scenarios. We focus on the property and commercial analysis, bringing the relevant questions to your appointed advisers for legal, tax and funding advice. The aim is a better-informed negotiation process, with the assumptions, dependencies and unresolved terms visible before documents are settled or commitments are made.

WHAT THE WORK COVERS

Advice with a
practical purpose.

Clear commercial objectives

Set out what the proposed structure needs to achieve for the project, including the timing of contributions, decision rights, practical responsibilities and intended exit.

Comparable structure scenarios

Assess how different acquisition terms or proposed debt and equity arrangements may change cash requirements, project feasibility and the allocation of commercial risk.

Dependencies made visible

Identify the approvals, funding confirmations, specialist advice and agreements a structure relies on, so unconfirmed assumptions are not mistaken for settled terms.

A better adviser brief

Provide a clear description of the commercial intent and outstanding questions for your solicitor, accountant and lending advisers to consider within their respective roles.

YOUR NEXT STEPS

A considered process.

Map the opportunity

Review the property proposal, participating parties and objectives, then identify the commercial issues that a suitable structure needs to address.

Compare the arrangements

Develop and assess relevant scenarios, examining their effect on project cash flow, contributions, responsibilities, timing and potential exit outcomes.

Coordinate specialist review

Bring the proposed commercial arrangements to your appointed advisers and track the questions that need legal, tax or funding clarification.

Refine the commercial position

Incorporate the advice received into the property assessment and support the refinement of commercial terms before the parties progress to documentation.

USEFUL TO KNOW

Your questions,
considered.

What is a capital stack?

It describes the proposed mix of capital supporting a project, including different debt and equity contributions. We assess its commercial effect on the property scenario, while actual funding terms and legal priorities require specialist confirmation.

Can you guarantee or arrange project funding?

Our role here is to assess funding scenarios and their effect on the property proposal, and coordinate information for your appointed lending advisers. Funding availability, terms and approval are determined by the relevant providers.

When should structuring be considered?

It is useful before major terms are agreed, when there is still scope to compare options. We can also review a proposed arrangement to identify the commercial questions that need attention before you commit.

CONNECTED SERVICES

See the bigger picture.

Joint Ventures

Landowners, investors and developers can bring different strengths to a property opportunity.

Development Feasibility

A feasibility should explain how a project works, where it is exposed and what would need to change for it to meet your objectives.

Investment Strategy

The next purchase should make sense within the bigger picture.

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