Aspects of the deal where we help you include:

• Assessing your organization’s M&A readiness to approach likely candidate companies – We’ve developed self-assessment tools and a framework that starts by determining your primary motivations for the deal. Test your readiness with our online self-assessments — whether your goal is increasing market share or lowering operating costs.
• Developing a set of targeted action steps to increase the likelihood of a successful deal – Done well, a potential synergy value emerges before any M&A deal begins and points to the best path to achieving accelerated, increased and sustained value.
• Updating your M&A playbook – We compare your playbook to our proven playbook framework to help you consider all facets of the deal and, more important, the post-deal implementation with potential transition service agreements and target operating model that supports the goals of the deal.
• Considering how the merged companies should operate initially and through a post-deal period – The strengths and weaknesses of each of the three models – “portfolio” approach (where variations in the two cultures are maintained), “PAC Man” approach (where one company absorbs the other), and blended approach (where the best of both companies come together to create a new culture) – are evaluated in terms of your situation.
• Building relationship maps to better understand the role of key people in the two organizations and their importance to customers and suppliers – This step helps to uncover potential losses that may disrupt expected short- and long-term revenue.

We also help you understand how a shared services approach may be used to provide a model for integration or even an opportunity to test synergies of the two organizations before closing the deal.