Lonsdale Capital Partners

Thanks to Cognos UK, Lonsdale Capital Partners Invests in GIA

Cognos UK / HMT LLP, led by Director Ricky Lane and Senior Manager Motti Kalikshtein provided financial modelling services to the leading property consultancy GIA surveyors (“GIA”) to secure investment from Lonsdale Capital Partners.

Founded in 1993, GIA is a tech enabled multi-disciplinary consultancy business, supporting high-profile developments in London, the UK and globally across a range of sectors. With over 130 employees the business has offices in London, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast, and Dublin.

Central to GIA’s services is their unique proprietary technology platform, Phoenix which enables complex analysis of daylight, sunlight and overshadowing leading to significant time and cost savings. Over the years, GIA have been involved in some of the UK’s most complex and significant projects, including The Shard, 20 Fenchurch Street (“The Walkie-Talkie”), The Leadenhall Building (The “Cheesegrater”) Battersea Power Station, Tottenham Hotspur stadium, Manchester’s Deansgate Square, Media City, and the Central Mental Hospital redevelopment in Dublin.

HMT provided financial modelling services to GIA on this transaction incorporating historical financial performance, key trading KPI’s to support commercial and financial due diligence, as well as a fully integrated P&L, BS and Cash Flow forecast underpinned by dynamic assumptions which could be flexed and sensitised as appropriate and a fully customisable transaction overlay.