Supporting Deals
Supporting
Deals
Using technology to deliver more synergies, quickly
Throughout the deals journey, clients have some critical and often complex technology questions – we work client-side to provide you with pragmatic answers and guidance
Why technology is so important in deals
Data and technology will have value as a strategic asset and revenue generator
Stable, secure and resilient technology can deliver cyber-attack proof data and infrastructure
Technology could be a showstopper for fast integration. Major issues can also affect value
Better technology can drive rapid ROI and delivery of planned financial synergies
Automated consolidation of financial data can produce key business information and insight quickly
Tactical use of intelligent automation at pace can drive efficiency, control and data quality
We have extensive experience of deploying a range of modern technologies to add value quickly to deals
Large scale data analytics
- Data can be integrated and/or connected quickly to give real-time visibility of performance and synergies
- Cloud-based data lakes such as Snowflake and Intelligent Automation techniques from UiPath can be used to capture and consolidate fragmented data fast
- Data models can be organised and structured quickly – even across quite complicated and fragmented businesses
- Modern data analytics tools can provide valuable insight quickly
- Dashboard and BI tools such as PowerBI can be used to visualise key data in simple and easy to digest formats
Intelligent Automation
- Intelligent Automation is a term that describes a holistic solution for digital transformation
- Mainly based on business process management (BPM) it is used to orchestrate users, tasks, systems and software robots (RPA) to replicate and automate even complex processes
- It also comprises the use of analytics and AI (especially Machine learning) to make automated and intelligent decisions
- Intelligent Automation provides the opportunity to quickly integrate systems used in different companies, and connect data for consolidation and analysis purposes
Deep technology skills
- We have developed deep technology skills following many years of CIO and Enterprise Architecture experience
- Technical skills – having relevant expertise to help you make better technology decisions
- Market insight – knowledge of the market leaders and their capabilities i.e. What is possible
- Contacts – providing executive links into key potential partners, suppliers and reference sites
- Focus – bringing rigour and drive to see the process through
- Tools & Templates – proven methodology and tools to draw on through the process
Our teams have completed IT due diligence for 150+ transactions across Europe, North America, Middle East and China, as well as leading numerous post deal IT services in integration, separation, 100-day planning and performance improvement.
We have experience with leading Private Equity houses including Cinven, CVC, Candover, Bain Capital, Apax Partners, Advent, Bridgepoint, Sun Capital, Providence and Alchemy across a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, retail, logistics, service sector, recruitment, energy and infrastructure.