Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures live or die on the data, not just the company culture. Cella separates and rationalises legacy data across the deal – handing over what the other side needs, retaining what you’re required to keep, retiring the systems left behind, and minimising risk and cost.
Mergers and acquisitions and carve-out data separation A clean separation, down to the last record.
Trusted by enterprise M&A and IT integration teams across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Why carve-outs are hard
Every deal comes down to the data
Whether you are acquiring, merging or divesting, one of the hardest parts can be untangling decades of data held in shared, overlapping legacy systems. Get it wrong and you carry cost, risk and someone else’s records long after the deal closes.
Tangled, shared systems
Buyer and seller data sits together in the same ERP and legacy applications, with no clean line between them.
Records you must keep – or must not
Legal, tax and regulatory retention on one side; data you have no right to hold on the other.
Systems that outlive the deal
Redundant applications kept running long after close, adding cost and risk to both sides.
Separation, done right
Carve-out data separation, without the loose ends
A clean carve-out means each side ends up with exactly the data it needs – no more, no less – and neither is left running systems for the other for longer than they have to. Carve-out data separation done well takes three things.
Precise separation
Split the data along the deal’s boundary, so each entity gets its own records intact.
Continued access
The retained business keeps full access to the history it’s required to hold, in one secure store.
A clean exit
Redundant legacy systems on both sides are decommissioned once the data is safely separated.
How Cella fits
Separate, retain and retire – in one move
Cella extracts and separates legacy data along the carve-out boundary, gives each side a secure store of exactly the records it needs, and lets you switch off the redundant systems left behind –whatever platform it runs on.
- Separate the data. Split records cleanly along the deal boundary, for a precise carve out or a separation across any legacy system.
- Hand over or retain. Give the other side the data they’re entitled to, and keep the records you’re required to hold.
- Keep it accessible. The retained business reaches its full history through search and reporting in one secure store.
- Retire what’s redundant. Decommission the duplicated and left-behind systems on both sides, removing their cost.
Built for every deal
Divestitures, acquisitions and mergers
Whichever side of the deal you are on, the data challenge is the same shape. Cella handles all three – the reason it fits so many mergers and acquisitions programmes.
Divestiture
Separate and hand over the divested unit’s data, dispose of what you can’t keep, and retire the systems it leaves behind.
Acquisition
Bring the acquired company’s essential history into one governed store, without inheriting its whole legacy estate.
Merger
Consolidate overlapping systems from both organisations into one platform, and rationalise the combined data estate.
The payoff
A clean deal, on both sides
Separate the data, keep what matters, and walk away from the systems you no longer need. Clean data separation, every record retained and no stranded systems – for a lower cost after close.
Related use cases
Explore related use cases
A carve-out rarely stands alone. It often runs alongside an ERP move or a wider platform change, and it’s where compliant disposal of the data you’re no longer allowed to keep really matters.
Proof
Trusted to separate data on complex deals
50+
enterprise clients
600+
systems decommissioned
40+
system types
Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, major European multinationals and public sector organisations across Europe, the Americas and Asia, and built on 30+ years of legacy data experience. Enterprises across energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and government trust Cella to separate legacy data cleanly through mergers, acquisitions and divestitures while keeping every retained record accessible and compliant.
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Facing a merger, acquisition or divestiture?
Talk to our team about separating your legacy data cleanly, keeping the records you need, and retiring the systems the deal leaves behind.
A carve out is separating one business’s data and processes out of a shared system during a divestiture, acquisition or merger, so each entity ends up with its own clean set of records. Cella handles the legacy-data side of that separation.
Cella separates and rationalises the legacy data involved in mergers and acquisitions: it splits records along the deal boundary, gives each side a secure store of exactly what it needs, keeps the retained history accessible, and retires the redundant systems left behind.
Carve-out data separation is dividing data between the parties in a deal, so the buyer, seller and retained business each hold exactly the records they’re entitled to and required to keep. Cella does this while keeping the data accessible in one secure store.
Yes. Cella separates legacy data cleanly whatever platform the deal runs on, so a carve-out doesn’t mean carrying old systems into the new landscape.
Once the data is safely separated and stored, the redundant legacy systems on both sides can be decommissioned once the organisation’s data governance requirements are met – removing their licences, infrastructure and cost while the retained data stays accessible.
Ready to change ERP without losing the history?
Talk to our team about decommissioning your old ERP as you migrate to a new one, and see how much you could save.