Practitioner-level writing on TSAs, carve-out separation, integration, and Day 1 readiness — from the MeridianCogent team.
5 articles
Start separation planning too soon and you're building for a deal that changes. Wait too long and you'll discover entanglements post-close that cost millions. Here's where the actual window is.
30 September 2026 · 8 min read
Day 1 readiness is one of the most frequently claimed and least rigorously tested milestones in a carve-out. Here's a stricter definition, and why the gap between 'looks ready' and 'is ready' is where most failures hide.
23 September 2026 · 7 min read
TSA extensions rarely look expensive in the moment. Here's why they quietly erode deal value more than almost any other post-close risk — and what the data says about why they happen.
16 September 2026 · 6 min read
A clear, practitioner-level explanation of TSAs — what they cover, how long they run, and why they're one of the most consequential documents in any carve-out.
9 September 2026 · 7 min read
Services and systems discovered after close. License renegotiations nobody saw coming. Stranded IT costs. Here's where the scope creep actually lives, and why the TSA becomes the invoice for the separation you didn't plan.
14 August 2026 · 8 min read