CapabilitiesDay 1 Readiness
Walk into Day 1 knowing what's ready.
Systems access, banking, contract novation, payroll, branding, the customer email that has to go at the right hour. Sherpa sequences all of it before close, so it doesn't arrive at once.
Day 1 Readiness
What's included.
Legal Day 1 and Operational Day 1
Tracked separately, because they are.
Sequenced by dependency
See what has to land first and what slips if it doesn't.
Contracts that must move
Every contract that needs consent or novation before close, and which ones haven't moved.
Systems and TSAs
Access, cutover and the transition services the business depends on.
People and payroll
Retention, org changes and the people moves that happen on the first morning.
Communications
Customers, employees and suppliers hear the right thing at the right hour.
Banking and cash
Accounts, signatories and cash moves that have to work on Day 1.
A real go or no-go
Day 1 is a gate with criteria. Everyone can see which ones aren't met yet.
The Day 1 plan already exists.
You don't start the Day 1 plan at signing. It comes from diligence, so the change-of-control clause found in week two is already a task on the legal workstream.
Anything waiting on a person shows up in that person's queue, across every deal they're on.
Working alongside you
Clarence tracks the contracts, Oz the cutover, Emma the people moves, Emily the announcements and JP the cash. Each flags what's behind before it becomes a Day 1 problem.
Part of the whole deal
Nothing starts from scratch. Nothing gets left behind.
Before
Contracts and risks found in diligence.
After
The first hundred days and value creation pick up on the same timeline.