Carve Out Acquisition Consultant

A carve-out acquisition is one of the most operationally complex transactions in the middle market. Buyers inherit a business that was never designed to stand alone — shared systems, entangled vendor contracts, dependent finance and HR functions, and stranded costs that surface only after close. Stonehill operates as the Carve Out Acquisition Consultant that middle market companies and private equity sponsors rely on to translate a separation agreement into a functioning, independent enterprise. Our embedded senior practitioners work alongside deal teams from diligence through Day 1 and beyond, protecting the investment thesis at every stage.

Headquartered in Tampa with a national delivery footprint, Stonehill brings disciplined post-merger integration mechanics together with Design Thinking to surface dependencies early and resolve them decisively. As a Carve Out Acquisition Consultant, we have guided separations across banking, logistics, foodservice, and consumer industries — including engagements with Valley National Bank, PODS, FIS, The Melting Pot, and Starbucks Latin America. The result is a separation that holds to schedule, preserves EBITDA, and positions the newly independent business for the value creation plan ahead.

• Separation Planning & Diligence Support — Pre-close mapping of every shared service, system, contract, and headcount touchpoint between the parent and the target. As your Carve Out Acquisition Consultant, Stonehill identifies separation risks, quantifies one-time and stranded costs, and builds the operating model that will govern Day 1 readiness.

• Transition Services Agreement (TSA) Design & Exit — End-to-end TSA scoping, pricing, and exit sequencing. We translate the legal framework into operational reality, manage the parent–buyer relationship through the transition window, and drive disciplined exits aligned to the investment thesis rather than convenience.

• Day 1 Readiness & Cutover Management — Functional readiness across Finance, HR, IT, Commercial, Operations, and Legal, governed by a tightly run PMO. Stonehill ensures that customers, employees, and vendors experience continuity on Day 1 — not disruption.

• Standalone Operating Model Design — Building the org structure, process architecture, technology footprint, and governance model the carved-out business needs to operate independently. We right-size the cost base, address stranded costs, and align the operating model to the thesis.

• Post-Day 1 Stabilization & Value Capture — The work does not end at close. Stonehill stays embedded to stabilize operations, exit residual TSAs, execute synergy and cost-out initiatives, and hand off a business that is ready for its next chapter — whether that is integration, scaling, or eventual exit.

Carve-outs reward speed and judgment in equal measure. The right Carve Out Acquisition Consultant prevents the small, early decisions from compounding into post-close write-downs, missed synergies, and stalled value creation plans. Stonehill's senior practitioners stay in the work — accountable to outcomes, not activity — and tailor each engagement to the realities of the deal, the industry, and the leadership team inheriting the business.

If you are evaluating a carve-out target, planning a separation, or recovering a Day 1 that did not land as intended, Stonehill is ready to step in. As the Carve Out Acquisition Consultant middle market companies and PE sponsors return to engagement after engagement, we deliver the embedded expertise, operational discipline, and execution credibility that carve-outs demand. The firm that makes middle market mergers work also makes middle market carve-outs successful — on schedule, on thesis, and on the trajectory the deal demands.