Transaction Support

We help organizations navigate the risks and complexities of mergers, acquisitions, and carve-outs—ensuring smooth transitions and unlocking long-term value.

Complex transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, and carve-outs, introduce significant risks and challenges—from disentangling business units and establishing new back-office infrastructure to ensuring data integrity, compliance, and leadership continuity. Lapses in planning or execution can disrupt operations, delay the realization of value, result in regulatory pitfalls, and create hurdles to talent retention, integration, and separation that threaten both immediate outcomes and long-term growth.

Transaction support services deliver hands-on guidance across all stages of deal execution. By assessing management forecasts, normalizing operations, and improving financial reporting accuracy, our experienced professionals enable organizations to navigate carve-outs and integrations effectively. The approach includes comprehensive financial due diligence and quality of earnings analyses, which rigorously evaluate historical financial statements, cash flows, working capital, and key business drivers.  

Our analysis uncovers risks, validates forecasts, and identifies value opportunities, empowering informed decisions and smooth post-transaction integration. Leveraging deep expertise in back-office functions, IT, and compliance, teams provide tailored roadmaps for company Day 1 readiness, promote effective governance, and support seamless transitions through experienced project management and practical, risk-focused solutions. 

• Merger integration and carve-out support    
• Creation of stand-alone financials    
• Stranded cost analysis 
• Business plan refinement and development 
• Liquidity forecasting 
• Sell-side readiness    
• Stand-up of Day 1 and target state finance infrastructure   
• TSA negotiation, governance, and support  
• Interim management to support entity during transaction  
• Fresh start accounting   
• Quality of earnings    
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