Cross-Border Structuring for Auto Aftermarket Independent Sponsors
When the deal is auto aftermarket and the question is Cross-Border Structuring, the structure decisions in the first 30 days outlast the next five years. This is where Jason Powell works.
The economics on a auto aftermarket platform deal usually hinge on a handful of structural decisions. Cross-Border Structuring is one of them.
The typical auto aftermarket platform sits at $8M to $90M EV with EBITDA in the $2M to $16M range. The thesis runs on service-center or specialty-shop regional roll-ups. Technician shortage is the single biggest valuation risk. Underwrite the bench, not the bays.
How Cross-Border Structuring actually gets structured.
Map jurisdictional tax exposure with US and foreign counsel before the LOI.
Plan repatriation mechanics if cash is generated offshore.
Address CFIUS review where foreign capital is in the LP base.
Structure for treaty benefits where the operating geographies allow.
In auto aftermarket, layer in technician retention pool defined and funded as part of the Cross-Border Structuring workstream.
Treating cross-border deals like US deals with extra steps. Tax, regulatory, and timing assumptions break differently.
"Cross-border deals need three sets of advisors at the table from day one. Bring them."Jason Powell · Cross-Border Structuring
The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.
Refinancing, recaps, growth rounds, and the right strategic conversation eighteen months early are all downstream of relationships that take years to build and minutes to use.
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Bring the auto aftermarket deal. Get Cross-Border Structuring done right.
Direct counsel from a securities and M&A attorney with billions in structured transactions, the independent-sponsor-native playbook, and the capital markets network that opens up post-close.