Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Consulting Services

Ensuring a smooth & seamless journey from start to finish.

We’ll save you time, money and stress with our complete merger and acquisition services. Never deal with multiple providers across different time zones again.

We help global brands manage their move.

IRIS Global Workforce Management help brands successfully and compliantly expand overseas, no matter the situation.

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    Ensure a seamless transition – without the risk.

    If your organization is expanding into multiple territories overseas, it can be difficult to decide who to turn to for advice and support. Avoid the expense of recruiting individual in-country specialists and legal teams for every international operation by partnering with IRIS Global Workforce Management.

    As a trusted global M&A HR support provider, we’re here to guide you through your transition, whether it’s organic growth, a merger and acquisition, carve-out, divestiture, spin-off or IPO. IRIS ensures a smooth integration for businesses expanding globally.

    It’s no secret that global expansion and integration presents numerous challenges to businesses. But, by working with a global specialist like IRIS, we can help you avoid risks along the way; instead, we help you make informed decisions.

    During any transition, there are a number of key considerations to take into account. Many of these center around pre-transaction due diligence. Before a merger or acquisition takes place, your organization should understand the target company’s HR status and any risks and impacts that may arise. The last thing you want is a damaged reputation and a hefty fine.

    IRIS’s M&A Consulting Process

    1. Location decisions

    2. Risk review

    3. Clarity

    4. Taking control

    5. Strategy

    6. Ongoing support

    • Support from start to finish

      We are here to support you throughout the transaction process, providing the support you need to streamline and lighten your workflow.

      We provide pre-transaction support to empower your due diligence. 

      This includes: 

      • General HR processes
      • Agreements and contracts
      • Policies
      • Benefits
      • Compliance

      We continue to support your team even after the transaction is complete. We can also continue to assist you in the long term with:

      • New hiring
      • Onboarding
      • Termination
      • Performance review processes

      This empowers you to focus more on continuing your company’s growth without worrying about HR needs or concerns.

    • Pre-transaction support

      Before any due diligence action is undertaken pre-transaction, IRIS will, if required, help you decide which countries suit your business best.

      Then, we will review and help your organization mitigate any potential challenges and risks that are highlighted prior to the merger or acquisition (performing due diligence).

      Mitigating any potential risks is critical to the success of your transaction, whether financial or operational, and we will support you throughout.

    • Ongoing management

      Our HR and merger and acquisition support services are offered on an ongoing, ad hoc basis to support you until the global HR infrastructure is ready to transition.

      We are available to offer expert insights into regional employment laws and practices across the globe whenever you need them, providing complete clarity during the whole process.

      Leading up to the transaction, we will tailor a communications strategy to ensure your employees are engaged throughout the process.

    • Post-transaction support

      Our job isn’t done when the transaction is complete. Our first job is to perform an international compliance audit. This audit will help identify any compliance issues you may be facing in each country and help you address and solve those compliance needs. It is there to help ensure you start your journey in the right direction and with the proper support. 

      After the audit, we provide strategic advice on your new organizational structure. We’ll be there to help identify challenges and advise you on how to resolve them. 

      Finally, we act as the first point of contact for all new employees. This ensures a smooth, uniform transition to your organization, regardless of the market or country of residence.

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    Download our global mergers & acquisition brochure.  

    Discover more about our global mergers & acquisition support service.   

    Industry-recognised Awards & Accreditations

    Thames Valley Tech Awards 2022 logo
    Best Workplace award - Great Place to Work UK 2022
    Best Workplace in Tech award - Great Place to Work UK 2022
    Best Workplace for Women award - Great Place to Work UK 2022
    Best Workplace for Wellbeing award - Great Place to Work UK 2022
    Payroll assurance scheme logo
    UK tech awards 2022
    Great Place to Work certified

    Why choose IRIS for global mergers & acquisitions support?

    At IRIS, our HR and employment law experts will guide you through every step of your transaction.

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    Simplified, Accelerated People Performance

    Seamlessly, compliantly onboarding your organization and people to rapidly unlock your talent investment by reducing their time to value.

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    Trusted Excellence in Global Payroll & Benefits

    We take the complexity away from local pay & benefits, ensuring your growing global workforce are paid accurately on-time, every time.

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    Global Expertise, ​ Local Knowledge

    Our experienced global payroll and HR specialists work in partnership with ​you to maximize your global workforce’s full potential with a truly integrated solution.

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    Solutions That Flex ​With Your Growth

    Flexible people-led pay & HR solutions supporting you across the employee & ​ global expansion lifecycle​.

    Operating in 135 countries worldwide.

    No matter where your expansion takes you, we can help. Take a look at some of the countries we operate in. 

    67% of global payroll & HR professionals see the benefit in outsourcing payroll, benefits, payments & HR to one single global payroll & HR provider.

    A wealth of global experts, one point of contact. 

    Benefit from our network of global experts located across 135 countries. Each will ensure your business remains compliant throughout every stage of your merger or acquisition journey.

    Meanwhile, you have convenient access to one single point of contact to support you in all your needs.

    Trusted market leaders in global HR.

    We’ll let the numbers speak for themselves. Our experience in global HR and merger and acquisition support is unparalleled.

    90,000

    Happy customers from all industry sectors all across the globe

    135

    Countries where we can deliver ‘in-country’ payroll & HR services​

    6.9B

    Or 90% of the global workforce covered by our payroll & HR solutions ​

    $282M

    in global payment disbursements paid per annum by IRIS ​

    1978

    Over four decades of helping customers grow with our payroll & HR solutions​

    We offer all the global support you need.

    We can offer so much more than transactional support during a merger or an acquisition overseas.

    We can assist with all aspects of your international expansion to get you up and running faster. From payroll, payments, benefits and pensions management to HR consulting – we can do it all.

    We offer a scalable solution that grows as your business does, consistently enhancing the productivity, engagement and performance of your employees.  

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    It’s important for us to work with a team that really understands French payroll, tax and government legislation, and FMP does. They take our needs as a client seriously and fulfil them.

    Yvonne Davit, Payroll Administrator at Hootsuite

    I cannot say enough positives about our experience with FMP. Everyone prioritises providing the highest level of customer service… We could not have chosen a better business partner for our needs

    Pat Pucci, Human Resources Director, Maritz Global Events

    “We soon noticed the benefits of having the different payrolls under one bureau; we could use the same format to submit changes to all of them… We have experts on-hand to deal with any queries that come up, and they run our payrolls efficiently and correctly every month.” 

    Sarah Clarke, Payroll Manager at Westcoast Limited

    “We have one Account Manager to deal with, rather than having a different one for each location. The Account Manager is always very helpful & all communication is in English.”

    Leonie Lennon Senior Payroll & Benefits Administrator

    “We love that IRIS is fully managed, it requires minimal work from us, everything is so effortless and seamless! It’s saved us so much time not having to learn and look into how to manage international payroll, everything is handled for us.”

    Naomi Van EA and Office Manager Up Learn

    “FMP is very easy to do business with and responds to emails on a timely bases. Very willing to answer any questions and concerns we have concerning payroll and reports”

    Kim Adrian Sr. Payroll Specialist RF-SMART

    Speak to one of our global HR and compliance specialists today. 

    For more information on how we can support your global merger or acquisition, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.