Merging with an organization that has compliance gaps creates immediate regulatory exposure for the combined entity. RLM conducts pre-close and post-close compliance assessments across both organizations, identifying gaps that must be addressed to maintain certifications and avoid regulatory penalties.
RLM provides independent, vendor-neutral advisory that gives deal teams and integration leaders the technology clarity they need to make informed decisions and execute with confidence.
We catalog every compliance obligation across both organizations — SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and industry-specific requirements — identifying where certifications overlap and where gaps exist.
We evaluate whether existing controls actually satisfy compliance requirements — not just whether policies exist on paper, but whether they're implemented, monitored, and evidence is being collected to support audit requirements.
We identify specific compliance gaps at the control level — missing controls, inadequate evidence collection, policy conflicts, and areas where the target's compliance posture doesn't meet the acquiring organization's standards or regulatory obligations.
We quantify the regulatory and financial risk associated with each compliance gap — potential fines, audit failures, certification loss, and the business impact of non-compliance in regulated industries.
We build the remediation plan — prioritized by risk, sequenced by dependency, and estimated by effort and cost — with clear ownership assignments and timelines that align with post-close integration milestones.
We design the unified compliance framework for the combined organization — harmonizing policies, standardizing control implementations, and establishing the governance model that maintains compliance across both legacy environments during integration.
Start with a no-cost compliance assessment — we'll map both organizations' obligations, identify the gaps, and build the remediation roadmap.
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