Post Merger Integration

Research shows that most mergers and acquisitions fail to meet the expectations set for them. A poor integration also disrupts the core organic growth of the business, which our research shows, has an even greater impact on profit than failure to deliver synergies.

However, smart buyers can take steps to improve their odds. Perhaps the most important is to ensure a fast-paced integration that makes early use of disciplined planning, a well coordinated launch and relentless focus on the key value drivers behind the deal.

We help clients execute rapid and focused integration to achieve desired synergies and allow for a quick return to business as usual. We work to help you translate your deal strategy into action necessary to delivery them.


Our approach

Our disciplined approach helps companies achieve early wins, build momentum, and instill confidence among their stakeholders. We tailor our services to complement client needs and internal client capabilities, creating early and sustainable capture of deal value.


How We Help

Integration Experience
At a time of great risk, our Integration experts will help guide, coach and facilitate you through the difficult periods between signing and closing and in the first 100 Days after closing. The process they will provide is proven on Integrations around the world.

Integration Management Support
Our solution includes a proven integration methodology and an expansive set of process tools, templates, and guides to support the overall integration.

Functional Integration Assistance
Our experienced integration professionals apply their subject-matter and process expertise to help clients realize synergies, identify and eliminate redundancies, and position the company to achieve transaction objectives.

Complex Carve Outs Support
Supporting vendors and acquirers through the operational challenges facing businesses when preparing for the separation and management of a carve out of a division/business unit, Such preparation includes development of optimal Transition Service Agreements, true standalone cost identification, separation and transition planning for core operations, contracts, IT, Finance and other back office services impacted by the deal.

Synergy Review Support
Support, challenge and validate the synergy potential during the Diligence phases of a deal. This includes using our experience to locate potential upside as well as the identification and mitigation planning of key integration risks/challenges.

Our Team

Our team in Israel is headed by Ben Lazarus, who is one of PwC's leading PMI experts, having worked with PwC London's PMI team for the last 10 years. Ben also currently leads the development of PwC’s Eurofirm PMI team.

Recent quotes from two European BlueChip clients who Ben led Integrations for:

"I’m not the greatest fan of consultancy businesses but PwC exceeded every expectation that we had."

"It was clear ... that they were coming with our interests at heart, over and above the interests of PwC themselves and we felt that was going to be the best mix for us."