Services
We focus on the telecommunications, banking and media sectors, closely linked to four fields of expertise. Team
The multi-disciplinary Atlas Management team doesn’t just work together. It works in sync.

Our role and contribution
Atlas Management provided support throughout the entire process of establishing the new transaction bank:

Business planning and acquisition:

• Development of a sustainable business plan including an initial price model
• Support during negotiation of preliminary agreements

Contract negotiations:

• Active support during price and acquisition negotiations with two major German banks
• Assessment of price models, SLAs and IT interfaces

Acquisition and post-merger integration:

• Integration of business and IT models in the acquired companies
• Overall programme management function

Consolidation and development of central functions:

• Implementation of final centralisation and cost reduction measures
• Planning and development of central control functions

Size of the Atlas team
4–6 consultants

Special challenges

• An “uncharted territory” effect due to lack of market-tested price and business models
• High project complexity inherent in the simultaneous integration of two major banks
• Integration of various corporate cultures
• Integration of different technical platforms
• Project costs in the nine-figure range

Results
The transaction bank was successfully established in the market:

• Takeover of the payment transactions of two major banks
• Process reorganisation with significant increases in productivity

Current status and prospects
Expansion of the transaction banking business at national and European levels.