Carve-outs fail quietly - TSAs that never end, hidden dependencies, Day 1 surprises.
Tequma provides independent IT separation assurance from pre-signing through Day 1 to full TSA exit, for deal teams and portfolio leadership - above the integrators, aligned only with the deal. As CIO of a PE-backed industrial carve-out, Tequma's CEO migrated 50+ applications across 45 countries; as CIO of GE Capital France, he led a 12-month TSA exit with zero customer disruption.
Who this is for
Private equity deal teams, portfolio company leadership and corporate M&A functions across Switzerland, Germany, France and Poland, where IT separation risk sits directly on deal value and business continuity.
Signals it's time to call
- A TSA exit date is fixed and IT separation readiness has not been independently reviewed
- TSA scope was written by the seller, priced by the seller, and is being extended by the seller
- Day 1 readiness is being declared on slides, not evidence
- ERP and infrastructure dependencies are being discovered after signing
- No single owner holds the separation critical path
How the first four weeks look
Week 1 - deal-risk scan
IT deal-risk scans and TSA dependency mapping, so separation risk is visible before it hardens into cost - ideally before signing, but useful at any stage.
Weeks 2-3 - Day 1 and Day 100 plans
Application, infrastructure, supplier and data separation planned against named dates and owners, with independent verification that the business can actually operate on Day 1 - evidence, not a readiness declaration.
Week 4 onward - governed TSA exit
A governed exit plan with dates, dependencies and cost-down milestones, and the senior pressure to hit them - assurance over the target IT landscape, not the build itself.
What the deal team gets
- ✓Clear visibility of IT separation risk, before it becomes stranded cost.
- ✓Independent verification of Day 1 readiness - evidence, not a declaration.
- ✓A governed TSA exit plan with dates, dependencies and named owners.
What this covers
Deal-to-Day-1 execution for PE-backed and regulated companies that cannot afford TSA failure.
Carve-out execution
- IT deal-risk scans and TSA dependency mapping
- Day-1 and Day-100 separation plans
- Application, infrastructure, supplier and data separation
- Service-continuity and mission-critical stabilisation control rooms
The result: clear visibility of IT separation risk, reduced TSA and stranded-cost exposure, stronger Day-1 readiness and service continuity, and a practical roadmap to operational resilience.
If the TSA exit itself is the live question, TSA exit and IT separation is the dedicated page for deal teams and portfolio leadership.
Get an independent read on your separation - deal-stage or in-flight.
Common questions
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