Deal Mechanics & Buyer EducationNovember 3, 20253 min read
Post-Close Technical Integration: What to Plan Before You Sign
Integration cost is real, predictable, and almost always absent from the model until the week after closing.
Buyers acquiring into an existing portfolio inherit an integration project on day one. The scope of that project is knowable during diligence and should be priced there.
What to scope before signing
- Identity, email, and device management migration
- Cloud account ownership and billing consolidation
- Vendor contracts requiring consent on change of control
- Source control, CI, and secret management consolidation
Change-of-control clauses in vendor agreements are the most common source of post-close surprise, and the easiest to check in advance.
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