TRANSACTIONS SERVICES & CARVE-OUT
De-risk your M&A transactions.
Accelerate value creation.
From acquisition to exit, we assist Small & Mid Cap Private Equity funds in maximizing the value of their investments, and we support portfolio companies in unlocking their potential.
Vos besoins : Due diligence | Day 1 – PMI | Vendor due diligence
We support M&A players throughout the various stages of the purchase or sale process.
Our belief: The most strategic decisions take shape in information systems.
IT is a key component in organizational transformation operations, but this component is often misunderstood or overlooked because it is not well understood.
Carve-out and IT due diligence: Olivier Cazzulo interviewed by CFNEWS
With more than 50 carve-out transactions carried out for private equity funds since its creation and around 20 IT due diligence projects per year, Netsystem has been recognized in the market for its IT M&A practice since 2011.
Watch the video interview with Olivier Cazzulo, CEO of Netsystem.
Your needs
Buy-side due diligence: securing your investment transactions
Our mission: to audit the IT assets of a target company prior to acquisition, identify risks, and estimate potential costs and gains.
IT & IS Due Diligence
- Asset inventory and mapping of the information system (360° description of the target IS: infrastructure, business applications, organization, etc.)
- Identification of areas of concern across all IS components (technological debt, compliance, security, IP, etc.)
- Verification of legal constraints (third-party rights, IP, GDPR, Cloud Act)
- Study of possible exit or integration strategies / Budget estimate
- Identification of key projects
- Evaluation of IT budget costs (CAPEX & OPEX)
Cyber Due Diligence
- Audit of the target’s security maturity level (Security Rating®, cyber risk mapping, and compliance)
- See our cybersecurity expertise
Technology Due Diligence (including code audit)
- Analysis of the target’s ability to deliver its functional roadmap (organization, skills, governance)
- Identification of potential code threats using a code scanner:
- Cybersecurity
- Maintainability
- Intellectual property
- Third-party rights (licenses)
- Recommendations and corrective measures
Day 1 - Post Merger Integration : secure your transaction
Our mission: to ensure secure integration or autonomy by guaranteeing continuity of service.
We analyze IT challenges and identify strategic and financial levers to ensure the successful execution of integration or separation.
Carve-out IT > integration
- Prepare the due diligence project for the 100 days following the transaction
- Assess the complexity of the transaction and prepare the carve-out or integration project (issues, porosity, possible scenarios, CAPEX, OPEX, IP, third-party rights, etc.)
- Assess and monitor risks
- Provide technical input for drafting the TSA
- Oversee the autonomy or integration program throughout the TSA
Carve-out IT > sell-side
- Overseeing the digital aspects of the sale of the stake
- Preparing the carve-out project (technical inventories, licenses, issues, porosities, possible scenarios, project cost, etc.)
- Providing technical support for the drafting of the TSA
- Overseeing the program in collaboration with the management of the stake throughout the TSA
Project management (PMO - Project Management Office)
- Sourcing and contracting of selected service providers
- Project management with all stakeholders
Vendor due diligence (sell side): highlighting the IT system during a sale
Our mission: to maximize the value of your divestments.
- Valuation of IT assets in a VDD-type report
- Preparation of information to be shared in the data room
- Conducting IT expert sessions with potential buyers and management of the stake
- We conduct IT & IS VDDs (maturity, resources, projects, governance, cyber) and digital VDDs (solution, technical stack, development)
Talk to an IT M&A expert
If you have any questions or projects (Carve out, IT due diligence, Vendor Due Dil, etc.), please do not hesitate to contact our IT M&A experts.
Some clients
Examples of projects carried out
How Netsystem helped Supergroup with its Carve out project
Disposed of by the Spanish group Logista in the 1st quarter of 2022, Supergroup, which until then had been entirely dependent on the support functions of its former parent company, was to become autonomous within 12 months, particularly in the area of Information Systems.
Netsystem’s experts stepped in to help Supergroup successfully complete its IT carve-out project.
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