Divestitures and Spin-Offs

Part I. Introduction

1. Preface
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2. Taming the Elephant: Introduction to Divestitures
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Part II. Planning for the Deal

3. Being a “Prepared Seller” and Identifying the “Right Buyer”
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4. Upping the Ante: Enhancing Deal Value
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5. Defining the Deal Timeline: Balancing Legal, HR, IT, and Finance
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6. Slicing the Pie: Asset Allocation in Divestiture
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7. Financial Aspects of Carve-Out
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8. Clean Financial Separation
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9. Building the Arsenal: Setting Up an Effective Separation Team and Governance
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10. Working Under the Tent: Confidentiality and Restricted Information Disclosure
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11. Getting Ready for Announcement: Kickoff Planning
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12. Building the Execution Roadmap
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Part III. Executing the Deal

13. Managing the People Side of Divestiture: Retention and Motivation
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14. Shaking Things Up: Reorganizing
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15. Legal Entity Operating Structure
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16. Managing Banking and Treasury Implications During Divestiture
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17. Legal and Tax Aspects of Divestitures
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18. Accelerating Divestitures Through Minimal Rebranding
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19. Managing Customer and Partner Transitions During a Separation
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20. Managing the Application Separation Life Cycle
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21. Simplifying IT Infrastructure Separation
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22. Managing IT in Divestiture: Orchestration, Instrumentation, and Measurement
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23. Testing: Making the IT Separation Foolproof
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24. Cutover: Getting Ready for the Launch
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25. Command Center: Setting Up Round-the-Clock Monitoring During Cutover
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26. Protecting the Organization During Vulnerable Times
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27. Transform as You Separate
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28. Managing Data Separation and Migration During a Divestiture
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Part IV. Focusing on RemainCo

29. Real Estate and Site Separation
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30. Transition Services Agreements (TSAs): Approach to De-risk Divestitures
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31. Contract Separation: Early Identification and Negotiations
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32. Expediting TSA Exits to Enable Strategic Transformation
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33. Managing Separation Costs, Stranded Costs, and Dis-synergies
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34. Cost Reduction Through Outsourcing
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Part V. Conclusion

35. Separation Management Office: Leading Practices
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36. Summing It All Up
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