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Enabling Growth With a Stronger Operating Model

After being acquired by two prominent private equity firms, a leading provider of property data and analytics sought to accelerate its growth trajectory and unlock new value for its people, partners and customers. Achieving this next level of growth would require a modernized, streamlined operating model that simplified areas of complexity the company had developed […]

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Delivering Acquisition Synergies to Fuel Innovation

InMoment, a pioneering customer experience (CX) firm backed by Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), was ready to accelerate its growth and disrupt the CX market with a bold acquisition. The company purchased MaritzCX, a subsidiary of Maritz Holdings, in a move to combine its innovative culture and technology with a world-class service model. Achieving this goal […]

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FCM Joins the Inc. 5000

2019 is an FCM milestone: it marks both our fifth year in business and our debut on the Inc. 5000, a prestigious list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. With three-year revenue growth of 138%, we’re pleased to join the ranks of past Inc. 5000 honorees like Microsoft, Dell and LinkedIn. In our first five years, […]

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Separating Manufacturing Divisions From a Global Pharma Leader

A leading private equity firm was considering acquiring two divisions from a global pharmaceutical company in order to create a new business focused on manufacturing medication ingredients. To inform their investment thesis, the members of the deal team needed to understand how much it would cost to stand up the new business. And when the […]

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Growing Rapidly Through Acquisition

A private-equity-backed consumer finance company had set its sights on expanding through the tuck-in acquisition of more than 100 bank branches from another key industry player. In order for the new, larger organization to be a success, company leaders would need to consolidate disparate business systems and processes, rebrand the existing branches and build capacity […]

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Integrating 17 Acquisitions to Build One Industry Leader

Investors at a top middle-market private equity firm were looking to acquire 13 warranty and specialty risk business units from a large insurance company, creating a more focused independent business. Ultimately, the new company would go on to acquire four additional businesses, posing the massive challenge of integrating 17 separate organizations. The private equity sponsor […]

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Carving Out a Multibillion-Dollar Business

Seeing the potential for a more profitable standalone business, a private equity sponsor invested to acquire and carve out the employee benefits outsourcing division of a major business services company. The multibillion-dollar organization supported a marquee list of Fortune 500 companies, providing benefits and HR services to over 23 million workers worldwide. This was a […]

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A Tale of Two Transition Service Agreements

When a company sells part of its business, the thrill of new opportunities can be accompanied by uncertainty for the organization that is changing owners. That’s where the Transition Service Agreement (TSA) comes in. This critical contract ensures that essential corporate services, like technology, accounting and other infrastructure support, will continue uninterrupted after the sale. […]

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