Advisory

The deal team you don't have in-house.

The modelling, valuation, structuring and diligence a fund gets from its own team — for sponsors, searchers and dealmakers who need it deal-by-deal.

I plug into your process for the work that needs sound judgement from experience — the model, the valuation, the structure, the diligence — and deliver it to the standard a credit or investment committee would expect. Every engagement is scoped and priced up front, so you know exactly what you're getting before we begin.

Built on
real deals

Sectors

Private equity & buyouts

Energy & renewables — solar, battery storage (BESS)

SMEs & founder-led businesses

Cambodia & Southeast Asia

Seven years in investment banking at BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan, working alongside private-equity firms and businesses through their most pivotal transactions.

Since then I've worked deal-side across a wider canvas: structuring renewable-energy transactions including solar and battery energy storage, and leading valuation, pricing and due diligence on private-equity targets. I build alongside it as a founder myself — so I bring both the discipline of the model and the practical eye of someone who has actually run things.

The work

Financial modelling
LBO, three-statement, operating and project-finance models, built to institutional standard — returns, sensitivities and debt schedules, scoped to your deal.
from £2,000
Valuation & pricing
Company and asset valuation, pricing a target, and returns analysis — the numbers behind what a deal is really worth and what you should pay.
project / day rate
Transaction structuring
Capital structure, debt sizing and terms, and returns-waterfall and promote design — across buyouts and energy & infrastructure deals.
day rate
Due diligence
Financial and commercial diligence on a live target: quality-of-earnings review, working-capital and debt analysis, diligence questions and red-flag memos.
project / day rate
Investment materials
An investment memo for a raise or a sale — narrative, financials and structuring brought together in one credible document.
from £5,000

Ways to engage

By the project

Fixed fee, scoped up front

Best when you have a defined deliverable — a model, a valuation, an IM, a diligence package.

Fractional retainer

£4,000 / month

A few days a month of ongoing support. Best for steady deal flow without a full-time analyst.

Day rate

£1,000 / day

For ad-hoc or overflow work, or a short, intensive push on a live transaction.

Independent sponsors

Lean by design, raising capital deal-by-deal.

Funded & self-funded searchers

Often a team of one, hunting for a business to buy.

Small family offices

Doing direct deals without an in-house deal team.

SME owners

On a one-off acquisition, sale or raise.

Emerging Fund I managers

Before there's a full analyst bench in place.

Energy & renewables developers

Solar, storage and transition deals that need structuring.

The deliverables here are perfectly aligned with my expectations. The quality is very high.

Managing Partner · Family Office

On an energy transition deal

Let's talk

If you have a live deal that needs a senior pair of hands on the modelling, valuation, structuring or diligence, I'd be glad to hear about it. The first scoping call is free.

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Hervé Ky · Work delivered remotely · UK & Europe hours