Investing in Forestry
Coudert can support you at every step of forestry buying or selling
Investment advice
- We can help you to define your research criteria based on your specific objectives. Whether that is for timber production, tax offsetting, wildlife management, landscaping or environmental purposes
- Analysis of your investment requirements combined with specific targeting of forestry options based on your personal needs
- Placement – analysis of potential investment areas based on your objectives
- Alignment with tax incentive schemes
- Analysis of risks and potential security risks for capital invested
Research assignments based on specific criteria
- Defining primary objectives
- Rotation cycles
- Levels of profitability
- Ratios of production
- Yield based on surface area
Analysis of identified areas
- Economic assessment of chosen areas: forestry expertise which includes understanding core value, tree stock varieties, future value and potential hunting revenue
- Audit of any legal, tax, technical or environmental factors relating to the chosen land
- Studies outlining potential risks but also potential capital gains
- Estimates of required investment and also expected revenue returns
- Calculation of the expected rate of return
Fulfilling sale mandates for woodland areas, including
- Validation of sale price
- Compiling sales documentation
- Distributing sale information to potential buyers
- Collating offers
- Negotiation support
- Overseeing the process to the point of legal signing
Technical and sustainable management of forestry products
- Programmes of forestry management covering 5, 10 or 20 years
- Project management of forestry works
- Specialist support in balance sheet and asset management including tax and sales tax documentation
- Rolling management contracts
