Nicole Battistini-Kohler
Attorney at Law. LL.M.Eur

NBK legal supports companies in post-closing and integration processes – they are often left in limbo after transactions.

 

​Tasks in these areas are often misjudged or underestimated.

 

Integration is a valuable opportunity...
...to get to know new colleagues, to standardize processes, to actually implement budgeted synergies, to update common policies – and overall to ensure a functioning, collaborative working relationship.

 

Ideally, post-closing and integration are already considered at the transaction stage...
...with a sufficient budget, a designated team, and a person who oversees the entire process and makes progress transparent. This allows operational implementation, governance issues, and compliance topics to be managed in a coordinated manner from the outset – instead of being fixed later under time pressure. Clean post-closing work not only reduces liability risks but also prevents legacy issues from resurfacing during the next audit – where they cost time, stress, or, in the worst case, company value.

 

NBK Legal's offer:

NBK Legal helps companies use post-closing not as a chore, but as a genuine organizational benefit. My job: to ensure that integration works – legally sound, operationally viable, and with human benefits.

 

Examples of everyday work:

• Information and legal advice on business transfers

• Communication with employees regarding the legal implications of the transaction and integration

• Harmonization of HR processes and company-wide policies

• Contract adjustment – e.g., employee participation, customer contracts, partner contracts

• Governance integration – e.g., intra-company contracts, data protection adjustments for changed processes, IT structures, data flows

• Creation and monitoring of interdisciplinary checklists – e.g., for ISO 27001, IT security, license management (together with specialist departments)

• Involvement of specialized partners, e.g. for labor law, tax issues, valuations or legal disputes