Execute the Transaction Beyond the Deal

The value of a merger, acquisition, carve-out, or divestiture is realized through execution. Once the transaction is defined, organizations must coordinate people, technology, infrastructure, facilities, vendors, data, contracts, operations, governance, and timelines without disrupting the business.

Dessau provides integration and separation leadership across complex transactions, establishing the program structure required to manage Day 1 readiness, transition services, workstream dependencies, cutover, risk, and post-close execution.

Our teams operate across executive, business, technical, infrastructure, and operational workstreams, creating the coordination necessary to move from transaction strategy to controlled implementation.

Core Services

• Integration Management Office (IMO)

• Separation Management Office (SMO)

• Day 1 & Close Readiness

• Transition Service Agreement Management

• Technology Integration & Separation

• Corporate Real Estate & Site Transition

• Data, Application & Access Transition

• Vendor, Contract & Third-Party Coordination

• Risk, Dependency & Issue Management

• Executive Governance & Transition Reporting

Integration Management

Integration programs require coordinated decision-making across functions that often operate independently under normal conditions. Dessau establishes integrated governance, workstream ownership, dependency management, milestone control, and executive reporting.

We help synchronize technology, operations, facilities, vendors, data, business processes, and organizational readiness so the combined organization can move toward its target operating model without losing control of critical transition activities.

Divestitures & Carve-Outs

Divestitures introduce a different delivery challenge: separating interconnected environments while preserving business continuity for both the seller and buyer.

Dessau coordinates separation planning, standalone readiness, access changes, infrastructure transition, application and data migration, vendor separation, site readiness, and TSA exit activities. The focus is on creating a clean, controlled transition with clear ownership and measurable completion criteria.

Day 1, Cutover & TSA Exit

Transaction milestones are unforgiving. Day 1 requires essential people, systems, facilities, communications, access, vendors, and operating processes to function when the transaction closes.

Dessau develops readiness plans, cutover schedules, decision logs, escalation processes, contingency plans, and validation criteria. Post-close, we manage transition dependencies and TSA exit milestones until the target environment is operationally independent.

Typical Engagements

• Enterprise Mergers & Integrations

• Divestitures & Corporate Carve-Outs

• Technology Separation Programs

• Facility & Corporate Real Estate Separation

• Global & Multi-Site Transactions

• TSA Governance & Exit Programs

• Post-Close Stabilization

• Day 1 & Operational Readiness

Business Outcomes

Strong transaction execution reduces operational disruption, accelerates integration or separation, improves accountability, protects business continuity, and gives leadership clearer visibility into transaction risk and readiness.

Dessau's objective is to turn complex transaction requirements into an executable transition plan, maintain control across interdependent workstreams, and help the organization reach the intended post-transaction operating state with fewer surprises.