Divestiture services
Divestitures are more than just “selling a piece” of your business—they require careful readiness planning, sufficient staffing, discerning attention to operational separation and transition matters, rigorous financial reporting, and tight program execution. Without the right support, sellers can face business continuity challenges, delayed closings, valuation erosion, after-close surprises and potential stranded costs.
RSM advises sellers through full-entity divestitures with speed and confidence. Our globally connected teams deliver measurable value across the entire deal lifecycle—from initial strategy through post-close advisory. Our industry-driven advisors and integrated deal teams bring the data, insight and execution depth needed to preserve value and minimize disruption—whether separating a single business line or executing a complex, multijurisdictional carve-out.
Driving value throughout the transaction
Your priorities are our priorities—we align technical depth with practical delivery to maximize value and control risk across the entire transaction lifecycle.
We combine deep industry and technical knowledge with global capabilities, serving both corporate and private equity clients through every phase of complex divestitures.
400+
Divestiture engagements executed annually
850+
Dedicated deal professionals
How we deliver value
Coordinated and collaborative approach
Cross-functional teams
Enhanced insights and clarity
Comprehensive end-to-end support
Our divestiture services
Whether executing pre-deal readiness, sell-side diligence, accounting considerations, separation support or post-close stabilization, our integrated solutions provide actionable insights that create measurable value throughout the deal process. Our sector-specialized teams bring proven execution experience across a broad range of middle market divestitures. Our solutions include:
We provide sell-side financial diligence to help your company present credible, defensible financial information, reduce deal risk and support value preservation through signing and close. We offer diligence for full or partial divestitures, mergers, refinancings and recapitalizations.
We help prepare carve‑out, spin‑off and discontinued operations financial statements, and advise on transaction accounting, policy alignment and disclosures, including support for audits, Securities and Exchange Commission filings and post‑close accounting requirements.
We support divestiture strategy and readiness through financial modeling, valuation and data analytics, helping sellers evaluate options, guide deal execution and present clear, decision‑ready insights to management, buyers and advisors.
We advise on tax‑efficient transaction structures and analyze tax attributes to support valuation and negotiations, while providing guidance on purchase agreements, purchase price allocations and transaction‑specific tax considerations.