Merge 02 · Diligence and cost
Pricing the integration before you sign
Integration cost is usually a placeholder in the model and a surprise in the first budget cycle. An evening on building the number bottom up: run costs, one-off costs, the transitional service exit, and the ones people forget until month four.
Thursday 11 February 2027
6.30pm until late
Central London, venue confirming
A private room with a bar and space to move. Confirmed nearer the date.
To be announced, a Corp Dev or PE operator on a live carve-out
Twenty minutes, then open floor
Capped at twenty people
Approved by hand
Request an invitation
For Thursday 11 February 2027. Tell us who you are and what you are working on, and we will send the address if the room is right for you.
The evening
- 6.30pmArrival and drinks
- 7.15pmThe talk, then open floor
- 8.00pmMingle
What you leave with
A bottom-up cost structure you can run against your next target.
- Corporate development, integration and deal leaders. One adviser in the room, and that is your host.
- No sponsors, no stands, no pitch from the front.
- Chatham House. What is said in the room stays in it, the benchmarks leave with you.
- Every attendee is approved by hand, so you know who you are standing next to.