Services

M&A Technology Advisory
& Digital Divestments.

De-risk the deal and deliver the separation. We give acquirers an objective read on a target’s technology, model the true cost of integration, and execute clean-break divestments with zero-downtime cutovers.

Across the deal lifecycle

From first look to clean break.

Most technology risk in a transaction is invisible until it’s expensive. We cover the whole lifecycle — diligence before you sign, costed integration after you close, and surgical separation when it’s time to divest.

Pre-deal

Technology health checks & risk profiling

Automated codebase scans and architecture review give acquirers an objective, evidence-based read on a target's DevSecOps posture, cloud readiness, open-source exposure and technical debt — before the price is set.

  • Automated codebase scanning
  • DevSecOps & cloud-readiness scoring
  • Open-source & DR risk profiling
Post-merger

Integration cost-estimation & planning

We model the true cost and timeline of bringing two estates together — synergies, platform consolidation and the people-and-process change required — so integration budgets are defensible at board level.

  • Bottom-up integration cost models
  • Synergy & consolidation roadmap
  • Day-one to steady-state planning
Divestment

Clean-break carve-outs & cutovers

We deliver clean-break divestment projects end-to-end — isolating shared infrastructure, untangling dependencies and executing zero-downtime cutovers that protect customers and the deal timeline.

  • Infrastructure isolation & untangling
  • Zero-downtime cutover execution
  • Transitional service agreement (TSA) exit
When it matters most

The moments where technology can make or break a deal.

We’re brought in when the stakes — and the dependencies — are highest. Whatever the scenario, the work is the same: turn unknowns into evidence, and plans into delivery.

  • Acquiring a business whose technology you can’t yet see inside
  • Carving out a division without breaking the systems it shares
  • Integrating two estates while protecting the deal’s synergy case
  • Exiting a transitional service agreement (TSA) before the clock runs out
Why ICAN

We’ve sat on the other side of the table.

Our leadership has served as CTO of a FTSE 100 company, owning technology decisions at board level inside a publicly-listed group. We speak the language of the boardroom and the deal room.

And we’re builders at heart: the same engineers who advise on the deal run the codebase scans, untangle the infrastructure and execute the cutover. Diligence that’s grounded in delivery — not a slide deck handed off to someone else to make real.

  • Evidence, not opinionAutomated scans and objective scoring behind every recommendation.
  • Defensible at board levelIntegration and separation costs you can stand behind in the deal model.
  • Zero-downtime deliveryCutovers engineered to protect customers and the deal timeline.
Before you sign — or separate

Tell us about the deal.

Whether you’re assessing a target, planning an integration or untangling a carve-out, we’ll come back with a clear, evidence-based view of the technology risk and the path to delivery.

  • Pre-deal health check & risk profile
  • Integration cost-estimation
  • Clean-break, zero-downtime divestment

Pressure-test your deal

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Let’s talk

Make the technology call with confidence.

From pre-deal diligence to a clean-break cutover — let’s de-risk the deal and deliver the separation.