Outcome-linked M&A and transformation
You verify the outcome. We put our fee behind it.
RCK deploys senior operators to lead your deal and transformation from the inside, and ties up to 60% of our fee to milestones you verify. Mobilised in 48 to 72 hours, delivered in focused eight-week sprints.
Our firm in numbers
A senior core, scaled by network
A core of CxO-grade partners and directors in the UK and Spain, supported by a vetted specialist network. Deliberately senior-heavy: a senior-to-junior ratio of 1:2, against an industry-typical 1:6.
Source: RCK engagement records, 2026.
The method
RCK: Risk, Controls, Key findings
Our name is our method. A hypothesis-led, evidence-based framework that converts every finding into commercial action, so nothing falls between signing and Day-1.
Services
From diligence to verified value, on one contract
The team that finds the risk is the team that fixes it, and we are paid when it is fixed. Six service lines, one senior team, no handover gap.
Technology & cyber diligence
Six-workstream diligence that surfaces the risks driving price, indemnity and conditions to closing, each routed to a negotiation lever.
Carve-out, Day-1 & TSA
Separation planning, Day-1 operating-model design, and TSA scope, economics and exit, with Excluded Services scoped in diligence.
Post-merger integration
Operating-model migration, synergy capture, governance and cadence, led by the same team that ran the diligence.
ERP & digital recovery
Stalled programmes recovered. SI and vendor management, S/4HANA delivery, multi-cloud migration and consolidated ERP estates.
AI run-cost & governance
Turn ungoverned AI spend into a governed, owned operating model. Diagnose, govern and implement, mapped to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001.
Cloud ERP assurance
Independent, client-side assurance for SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Workday, structurally separate from the integrator.
Interim management
A senior operator placed in the CIO, COO, CFO or programme-director seat for three to eighteen months, from carve-out and Day-1 to turnaround.
The product
TRANSFORM+: the read and the proof
Our proprietary methodology, productised and licensed to you. A fast behavioural read that prices execution risk, and a durable, audit-grade proof that seals the outcome.
How we compare
Built to meet and exceed the alternatives
Advisory firms sell the partner and deliver the juniors. Boutiques cover one stage. Interim networks fill a seat. RCK does all of it, on one team, with the fee behind the result.
| Global advisory firms | Boutique integration firms | Interim / fractional networks | RCK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior operators in the delivery seat | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One team, diligence to Day-1 | – | Partial | – | ✓ |
| Single findings register, no handover gap | – | Partial | – | ✓ |
| Outcome-linked fee, up to 60% at risk | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Productised, audit-grade assurance | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Mobilised in 48 to 72 hours | Partial | Partial | ✓ | ✓ |
RCK’s own assessment of typical market models; individual firms vary. Shown to make the comparison explicit, not to rank named competitors.
The commercial model
One team, and the fee behind it
The same associates carry one findings register from diligence to Day-1, and up to 60% of the fee is tied to milestones you verify. Milestones and how they are checked are agreed with you and independently verifiable. Try the model on your own numbers.
- Partner-led from scope to close, at a 1:2 senior-to-junior ratio.
- Mobilised in 48 to 72 hours, delivered in eight-week sprints.
- Up to 60% of the fee paid on outcomes you verify.
Fee model · try it
Illustrative. Up to 60% of the fee is tied to milestones you verify. Final structure is set per engagement.
Selected work
The work, on the record
Evidenced outcomes across the lifecycle, anonymised at client request. Figures and references shared under NDA.
A five-week, six-workstream diligence on a €500m media-intelligence target. Price renegotiated.
A €2bn FTSE 100 IT carve-out across 5,000 people and 24 countries, four ERPs into one S/4HANA.
An industrial software integration recovered from prior failure, four ERPs consolidated into one.
From the blog
Insights that move a deal
The Chief Transformation Dilemma Series: field notes on execution risk, verified value, AI orchestration and the gaps that decide delivery.
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- Your biggest gaps, named
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In their words
What clients say
A senior partner in the room, from diligence through delivery.
RCK supported the delivery of complex programmes. The RCK Partner showed real leadership, got results, demonstrated an ability to build relationships, and was skilled in building innovative solutions. We all benefited from his knowledge and experience, and working with him was an enjoyable experience.
Group Commercial Director, Target Group / Tech Mahindra
It was a pleasure to work with the RCK Managing Partner. Besides being a brilliant negotiator, he is highly skilled in financial analysis and emotional intelligence. He has a sincere relationship with our team and a way of always making things easy.
Valorisation & Strategic Business Manager, IRTA
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