Operational separation

Our teams help clients successfully separate processes, people and systems, and focus on key value drivers, during the sale or spin-off of a business unit, division or an entire entity.

The team

Photographic portrait of Rich Mills
Rich Mills
EY US-Central Strategy and Transactions Managing Partner

What EY can do for you

Our capabilities include:
  • Divestiture strategy: We can help you develop a separation strategy and road map while considering your go-to-market approach, interim and future state organization design, employee and customer retention implications, process redesign requirements, data analytics and any working capital implications. Post-separation, we identify value creation opportunities for your remaining business.

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  • Operational diligence: We offer more than the early identification of the operational issues affecting a business case. We focus on the key issues of your  business by preparing diligence reports, analyzing stand-alone and stranded costs, helping prepare management for negotiations, examining efficiencies and developing fact-based positions for future-state operating models and transition service agreements (TSAs).

  • Separation planning and execution: We support the development and execution of separation plans to minimize disruption to the ongoing business and disentangle complex areas — including customers and contracts, legal entities, IT infrastructure and applications, supply chain and human resources. Our proprietary leading practice tools provide a robust platform to help manage your transactions in a coordinated manner.

The Team

Rich Mills

EY US-Central Strategy and Transactions Managing Partner
Leader of complex divestitures that help enhance shareholder value and drive more efficient capital allocation. Dedicated husband and father.
Atlanta, USA

How EY can help

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