Mentoring

Our Mentoring service partners one of our most experienced M&A leaders with you to support you through the M&A process and transfer knowledge.

Client Challenges

• Lack of experience of the Integration Manager or of the Acquirer
• High level of complexity (interdependencies, number of stakeholders, relative size, geographical dispersion)
• Lack of resources – stretch planning
• Major cultural gaps – need for a certain neutrality

Key Benefits

• Leverage of considerable experience covering all types of situations (listed or not, friendly or not, asset-based or not, vertical vs horizontal integration)
• High leverage of internal resources
• Limited external costs
• Neutrality in the thought process
• Mitigation of risks
• Improved communication

Lessons Learned

• Integration Manager need to understand and accept the mentoring process
• Sufficient time to allow for a detailed understanding of issues
• Strong empathy and best-in-class expertise on the mentor side
• Pragmatic approach – few slides and documents
• Focus on actions and decisions

What We Do

• Team design based on needs from one part-time Partner up to a panel of senior advisors
• Meetings on-demand
• No direct contact with integration work streams – limited interference
• Working with other consultancies
• Intervention anytime during the M&A process (ideally around signing)