Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Successfully Integrate Following Landmark Merger
FTI Consulting provided integration advisory for the Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader merger, one of the largest global law firm combinations in history.
Transactions
Merger Integration & Carve-Outs
Partner with leaders who’ve done it many times before. Our hands-on experts bring real operator experience, planning and executing integrations and carve-outs that protect continuity and unlock long-term enterprise value.
In today’s fast-paced M&A environment, even well-structured deals can falter in execution.
Companies must integrate or separate with precision to protect continuity, accelerate synergies and build the foundation for long-term success from Day 1 onward.
Organizations undergoing major transitions — mergers and buy- and sell-side carve-outs — need transaction support that mitigates risk, helps minimize business disruption and accelerates the evolution to the new company operating model.
Clients across the globe partner with us when they need to maximize the value of their transactions. Our acute focus on both the customer and employee experience helps minimize disruptions during periods of significant change and ensure smooth and swift transitions to new business operating models.
Change rarely happens in a straight line. Our structures and processes are designed to quickly adapt to shifts in requirements and adoption of new behaviors in the integration planning and execution process.
Our solutions
Support throughout the entire M&A transaction lifecycle
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Integration & Transition Planning
Minimize disruption and enable a smooth transition to the new operating model. We plan and execute Day 1 through Day 100+ integration activities, aligning functions and timing revenue and cost synergy capture.
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Carve-Out Readiness & Separation Support
Prepare businesses for buy- or sell-side carve-outs by assessing standalone, one-time and stranded costs and building the structures required to stand up a new independent organization.
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Conduct comprehensive pre-deal due diligence — financial, commercial, operational, IT and cyber, compensation and benefits and tax — to shape integration requirements and reduce execution risk.
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Transition Service Agreement (“TSA”) & Clean Room Support
Design and negotiate TSAs and manage clean room environments that protect operations, support compliant and confidential data sharing and reduce risk during integrations or separations.
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Interim Management & Execution Support
Fill critical leadership gaps during integrations or carve-outs. Our interim executives stabilize operations, guide execution and support organizations through major transitions.
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Organizational, Cultural & Customer Experience Support
Align the new organization around its future-state model by integrating culture, structure and customer experience. We design organizational changes, culture and change-management programs, target-state customer experience models and employee communications that maintain continuity and support adoption.
Service
Transactions
Strategic transactions demand more than deal analysis. We bring an integrated, multidisciplinary focus on all facets of our clients’ businesses that may be impacted by a transaction and scale our expert support accordingly.
Our Impact
Client Outcomes
Our Insights
Expert Perspectives
Our Experts
Completing the deal successfully, efficiently and without delay
Our senior professionals, who are based in every key global market, have decades of experience providing proven, flexible support structures to organizations undergoing major transitions.
Todd J. Smith
Senior Managing Director, Leader of Merger Integration & Carve-Outs
Brian Salsberg
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of M&A
Michael Weyrich
Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA Transformation
Melanie Finn
Senior Managing Director
Matt Gimlett
Senior Managing Director
Emily Golenberg
Senior Managing Director
Katy Quintanilla
Senior Managing Director
