Technology Due Diligence
Know what the target’s technology will cost to integrate or separate before you sign. From a pre-LOI Rapid Read to fuller diligence, we translate technology findings into cost, timing and risk for the deal team.
M&A technology advisory. Deal Value, Realised.
We own the technology workstream that decides whether the value case survives contact with reality.
Heremba Advisors is an independent, UK-headquartered firm working on UK, European and cross-border deals. We assess what the technology will cost to integrate or separate, what must work on Day 1, and what needs to change through the hold period and exit.
Delivery, evidenced
$30M programme, delivered $500K under budget.
EUR120M programme across two continents, delivered under cost.
Application Modernization Programme, 30+ sites, $2.4M+ of spend governed.
Six services. One technology workstream.
Carve-Out & Separation
Set the route to a standalone business. We take ownership of IT separation, with Day-1 requirements and TSA exit built into the programme. Seller dependencies become work to complete, with dates and responsibilities made explicit.
Post-Merger & Bolt-On Integration
Turn the synergy model into an integration programme. Our post-merger IT integration work connects systems and data decisions to the value case, with a repeatable playbook for subsequent bolt-ons.
Day-1 Readiness & Rescue
Establish what must work at completion and take control of the work needed to get there. We support planned readiness and late intervention, with the business’s ability to keep trading as the immediate priority.
IT Value Creation & Estate Remediation
Address the technology costs and estate weaknesses that remain through the hold. We connect IT value creation to run-cost reduction, remediation priorities and a technology story that can withstand scrutiny at exit.
Data Readiness & Assurance
Test the condition of the data and whether it can support the value case. Buyers receive findings under counsel-agreed clean-team arrangements. Sellers can commission an independent vendor data report before buyer diligence begins.
Findings that carry into delivery
Our M&A Technology Framework connects pre-LOI assessment, diligence, signing, Day 1, the hold period and exit. It also gives sellers a route into technology and data preparation before a sale.
The work starts with the deal thesis, the perimeter and the decisions ahead. Our Technology Discovery Framework structures the assessment. The M&A Capability Maturity Model and integration, separation and TSA templates support the wider workstream.
We identify the evidence behind a finding and record what remains unverified. We then translate the finding into the programme: what must change, what it may cost and what depends on it. The scope reflects the deal’s requirements and the access available.
Before signing, the deal team needs a view of the costs and dependencies it may inherit. After completion, those findings need a place in the delivery plan. Our work connects the assessment to the actions required, with unresolved questions kept visible.
Buyer’s route
For the deal team and its advisers
We work with private equity deal and operating partners, corporate development teams, and venture and growth investors. The question is commercial: whether the technology and data can support the plan, at a cost and on a timetable the deal can carry.
Investment banks, M&A advisors and law firms can introduce Heremba for a defined technology assignment. We supply technical evidence to the relevant advisers. The parties’ lawyers set clean-team protocols and advise on contractual protections.
Questions deal teams ask
When should we bring Heremba into a deal?
Bring us in when a technology assumption could change the decision, cost or timetable. That may be before an LOI, during diligence, between signing and Day 1, or during the hold. We also support sellers preparing the technology and data evidence for a sale.
Does Heremba carry out delivery as well as diligence?
Yes. Our remit extends from technology due diligence into separation, integration, Day-1 readiness and hold-period remediation. The engagement defines the work we own and the outputs required. Diligence findings provide the starting point for delivery, with assumptions and unresolved gaps carried into the programme.
Can a buyer assess seller data without receiving the raw data?
Yes, where access and analysis are permitted under the agreed arrangements. Heremba assesses seller data under NDA and the clean-team protocol set by the parties’ counsel. Profiling runs in the seller’s environment where possible. The buyer receives findings only, within the agreed disclosure boundaries.
Can our lawyers or M&A advisors introduce Heremba?
Yes. An introduction can focus on a defined technology issue, from separation scope and TSA dependencies to a vendor data report. We provide the technical assessment and evidence. We do not broker transactions or provide regulated financial, investment, legal or tax advice to either party.
Start with the decision ahead
A target under review. A separation approaching completion. An integration that needs direction. Tell us the deal stage, the technology issue and the date that matters. We can then discuss the scope of the work and the evidence needed to begin.