How to Buy and Judge a TSA Management Consultant in an M&A Carve-Out
When a portfolio company signs an LOI to sell a business unit, the transition services agreement is often the first place the deal starts leaking …
When a portfolio company signs an LOI to sell a business unit, the transition services agreement is often the first place the deal starts leaking …
Most carve-out losses do not show up on Day 1. They accumulate in month four, when the transition services agreement is still running, the seller’s …
The TSA clock starts at signing, and the technology separation is usually the workstream that decides whether Day 1 is calm or a scramble. If …
An operating partner running a buy-and-build thesis is not short on deals. The problem shows up after the third or fourth add-on closes: two overlapping …
Two weeks after close, the integration is already drifting. The synergy model in the deal committee deck assumed 18 months to a clean cut over …
When a portfolio company signs an LOI to sell a division, the technology separation becomes a schedule risk with a dollar cost attached. Every day …
When a carve-out signs, the technology work moves to the front of the risk register whether the deal team is ready or not. The seller’s …
The signing is done, the TSA is drafted, and the operating partner now owns a countdown. On Day 1, the carved-out business has to invoice …
When a carve-out lands on your desk, the technology question is not academic. The asset you are buying runs on systems it does not own. …
The forecast that survived the deal model rarely survives the first two quarters after close. When two companies combine and their CRM and ERP systems …