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Transactions & M&A

Day-1 Execution

The deal is signed; Day 1 is when it becomes real. We plan the cutover and run the first weeks, so customers, staff and systems all know what happens on Monday morning.

What it is

From Legal Close to Operational Reality

Legal close changes ownership; it does not change how anything runs. Day-1 execution is the discipline between the two: a readiness checklist by function, a cutover runbook for systems and money, communications that land before the rumours do, and a war room that clears blockers in hours rather than weeks.

It ends with a first-100-days plan your leadership team runs, not a dependency on us.

What you get
  • A Day-1 readiness checklist by function, each item owned
  • A cutover runbook: systems, payroll, banking, customer accounts
  • Communications for staff, customers and suppliers, sequenced
  • A war room through the first weeks, blockers cleared daily
  • A first-100-days plan handed to your leadership
How we approach it

Ready Before, Steady After

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Pre-close

Readiness Audit

  • Every function walked against the checklist
  • What must work on day one, what can wait
  • An owner per item
2
Pre-close

Runbook & Communications

  • The cutover sequenced hour by hour where it matters
  • Messages to staff, customers and suppliers written
  • Each one timed
3
Day 1

Run the War Room

  • One place where every issue lands
  • An owner and a deadline each
  • Closed in the open
4
First 100 days

Stabilise & Hand Over

  • The cadence moves to weekly
  • The plan moves to your team
  • We step back
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Pricing

Fixed Scope. Known Price

Baseline findings report  Freeone week · no cost
You get
  • Day-1 readiness scored function by function
  • The gaps that would hurt on day one flagged
  • The execution scoped
Full engagement  Customscoped after the findings report
You get
  • Runbook, communications and war room
  • The first-100-days plan
  • Scope, team and price agreed in writing before we start
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