Organisations undergoing transactions
Buyers, sellers and merging firms where people and pension liabilities affect the value of the deal.
Context
People commitments are frequently the least examined part of a transaction and among the most expensive to correct afterwards: pension liabilities, retention promises, contractual severance and two incompatible reward models.
How we support this group
We value the people and pension exposure before signing, and stay through integration to harmonise reward and leadership structures once the deal closes.
Typical challenges
- Unquantified pension and retirement liabilities
- Retention arrangements agreed under time pressure
- Two reward structures to harmonise after completion
- Leadership uncertainty during integration
Relevant services
Strategic and Business Advisory
Non-executive director support including remuneration committees, mergers and acquisitions, interim management, and support for startups and businesses in recovery or restructuring.
Consulting for Law Firms
Partner remuneration, succession programmes, retirement planning, functional restructuring, merger and acquisition support, actuarial services and pension-system feasibility studies.
Remuneration and Benefits
Technical and actuarial consulting for pension-fund members and participants, private retirement planning, pension projections and the design of fixed, variable and flexible remuneration programmes.
All client groups
Law firms and professional services
Partnership structures where remuneration, succession and long-term pension commitments are decided collectively.
Family-owned and first-generation businesses
Owners preparing a succession that has to work commercially and hold the family together.
Startups and growing businesses
Young organisations that need professional people structures before scale makes improvisation expensive.
Contact
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