Comprehensive IT due diligence and discovery for mergers and acquisitions
Our IT Due Diligence & Discovery service provides thorough analysis of a target organisation’s IT estate to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies and integration issues that could affect the success of a business merger or acquisition.
We uncover technical strengths and weaknesses, assess infrastructure and governance, highlight interoperability and security risks, and support planning for integration or separation of IT systems aligned to your strategic objectives.
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Service Overview
Highlights
- Assessment of IT landscape and systems
- Technology risk and scalability analysis
- Governance and operational review
- Integration or separation planning
Business Benefits
- Reveal hidden IT risks before deal completion
- Support informed valuation and negotiations
- Clarify effort and cost for IT integration or separation
- Provide actionable artefacts for post-deal planning
Typical use cases
- Buy-side mergers or acquisitions seeking technology validation
- Divestitures where IT must be separated cleanly
- Organisations planning rapid post-acquisition integration
- Private equity firms evaluating IT opportunities
Objectives & deliverables
What Success Looks Like
- Document the current IT environment and assets
- Evaluate technology risk and readiness for integration
- Produce gap analysis and cost estimates
- Deliver governance and transition recommendations
What You Get
- IT discovery and inventory report
- Risk and exposure analysis
- Integration/separation planning artefacts
- Governance and operations handover documents
How It Works
- Initial scoping and stakeholder interviews
- IT environment inventory and documentation
- Technology assessment and risk scoring
- Transition recommendations and reporting
Engagement Options
- IT Discovery and Inventory Workshop
- Technology Risk and Security Review
- Integration Planning Engagement
- Operational Governance Handover
Additional Information
Prerequisites & licensing
Before starting this service, ensure relevant organisational stakeholders and documentation are available so that systems, contracts and governance processes can be reviewed effectively.
- Access to current IT asset inventories
- Governance documentation and security policies
- Stakeholder availability for interviews
- Previous audit or architecture documentation where available
Security & Compliance Notes
- Cybersecurity posture and past incident history should be assessed carefully as part of IT due diligence.
- IT risk findings should be integrated with legal and compliance due diligence teams.
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