Project at a glance
- Regulated divisional business
- Strategic disposal needed
- UK infrastructure business
- Supported M&A transaction
- Successful disposal including TSA
Problem
Our client a regulated multi £bn Utilities infrastructure business with a prominent overseas investor required support to deliver a strategic disposal. The business unit had been underperforming for some time and the decision was made to turnaround the business and prepare for sale.
The programme was business critical but also confidential, our client needed the disposal to be delivered at pace and that required best in class business analysis including; documenting processes, fact building to assist due diligence, formulation of the TSA and change support.
Williams Bain supplied a career Interim Business Analyst with very strong problem solving skills and extensive experience delivering best in class business analysis to support a sale process. This Interim Manager reported directly to the Interim Programme Director.
Approach
- Create the framework to deliver the disposal programme at pace
- Ensure that the acquirers due diligence was made easy to complete
- Formulate the transitional service agreement governance to work for all parties
- Support the migration of the requirements for a successful sale
Results
Delivering A Successful Disposal Project. Ensuring that results were delivered at pace
- Professional migration of all services
- Best in class M&A support
- Transitional service agreement
- Company disposed successfully
- Regulator approved programme
- Business turnaround support
Skills and Experience
The Interim Manager – 163836961
- Business & Change analysis: Best in class business process documentation & change methodology suitable for a sale process
- Coaching: Supplier level of coaching the team to ensure knowledge transferred with the sale
- Problem solving: Breadth of experience analysis input to board level to support the diverse nature of M&A
- Transfer service agreement: Formulated governance (ensuring legal compliance) around the TSA that was in place for over 3 years during migration
