MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
OUR EXPERTISE
Identifying the right acquisition targets isn’t easy and successfully closing a deal is harder still. Once deals are done, delivering the promised value from transactions has proved most elusive.
Our team has experience of working in most M&A situations both buy side and sell side for both private equity and corporate customers. Our experience includes stand alone and bolt on acquisitions, carve outs from the largest corporates, extensive post-acquisition integration and value realisation work. Starting from a clear understanding of the deal objectives we can help you maximise value in each situation, be it growth acceleration, strategic or competitive repositioning or operational synergies, we can help you plan and follow a path to success.
How we can help
Our experienced team provides a targeted range of services that help buyers and sellers throughout both the transaction process and the ownership lifecycle including:
- Operational, technology and commercial due diligence
- Carve out planning (separation plans/integration plans/100 day plans, shaping/negotiating TSAs)
- Execution of complex carve outs or buy and build programmes – pre close activity, managing/exiting TSAs, delivery of complex cross functional integration programmes
- Vendor assistance and value optimisation for sales of complete businesses or carve outs
- Support for complex buy and build strategies, including during the acquisition process then ongoing programme management and leadership for acquisition integration
- Value realisation (utilising our performance improvement and business transformation experience as required)
- Practical and rapid operating model design or modification
- Management support on an interim or consulting basis to extend leadership bandwidth and skills during periods of intense M&A activity
