Global M&A Consulting Services

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.

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Trusted market leaders in global M&A services

  • 90000

    Happy customers from all industry sectors all across the globe.

  • 135

    Countries where we can deliver payroll and HR services.

  • 1978

    Over four decades of helping customers grow with our solutions.

Seamlessly transition global companies, without the risk

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

As a trusted global M&A service 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.

IRIS’s M&A consulting process

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.

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    Location decisions

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    Risk review

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    Taking control

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    Strategy

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    Ongoing support

Working with a diverse range of businesses in 135 countries

  • 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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We provide all the support you need

We can offer so much more than transactional support during a merger or 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 by offering a scalable solution that grows as your business does. 

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“I cannot say enough positives about our experience with FMP. Everyone prioritizes providing the highest level of customer service…We could not have chosen a better business partner.”
Pat Pucci, Human Resources Director, Maritz Global Events

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    Why choose IRIS for global merger and acquisition support?

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

    Download our global
    M&A brochure

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    Industry-recognised Awards & Accreditations

    Best workplace super large organisation 2024 award
    Best workplaces for Women 2024 award
    Best Workplace for Wellbeing award - Great Place to Work UK 2024
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    Great Place To Work Certified 2023 - 2024

    Global expertise, 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.

    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 an expert

    Get your global expansion underway.

    Contact us and you’ll receive expert advice in less than 24hrs.

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