Separation of a Global Automotive Brand

Automotive
M&A : Separation of a global automotive brand from parent company

Automotive Brand Separation

Challenge

  • A global car brand had agreed to sell and therefore separate one of its brands from its portfolio
  • The brand was heavily integrated into the parent company and shared everything from back office services and systems to front office multi- brand sales sites
  • Some systems were so rare that only the parent and NASA

Approach

  • Create a strategy to separate the brand from the parent company
  • Create a number of sub strategies/ approaches to replicate services and systems that were unique to the parent company
  • Create a multi disciplined team from multiple suppliers and form a programme team to deliver the separation
  • Create joint governance between seller and buyer team

Outcome

  • Successfully separated and integrated brand into the buyers portfolio
  • Cost effective and cost appropriate services provided to the new separated brand
  • Separation delivered under budget
  • Transitional services agreements completed early

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