Independent Sponsor Regulatory Diligence in B2B Services
Securities and M&A counsel for independent sponsors conducting B2B services transactions, from LOI to close to the capital markets that open up afterward.
An independent sponsor closing B2B services transactions in the $8M to $90M EV range has a defined set of moves at the Regulatory Diligence stage. Most of them are not in a generic M&A textbook.
The typical B2B services platform sits at $8M to $90M EV with EBITDA in the $2M to $18M range. The thesis runs on recurring revenue service platform with bolt-on operators. Most B2B services deals look better in the CIM than in the data room. Skip the CIM, ask for the contracts.
How Regulatory Diligence actually gets structured.
Map every license and permit, with renewal dates and transfer mechanics.
Identify regulatory consent requirements that require pre-close filings.
Address pending or threatened regulatory actions in the disclosure schedules.
Plan the post-close regulatory calendar with the operating team.
In B2B services, layer in MSA assignability mapped customer-by-customer as part of the Regulatory Diligence workstream.
Treating regulatory diligence as a sub-section. In regulated industries, it is the whole deal.
"Regulatory continuity is the closing condition that fails most often. Diligence it first, not last."Jason Powell · Regulatory Diligence
The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.
Most independent sponsors solve the closing capital and then run into the post-close capital problem alone. The capital markets relationships that matter at month 18 are part of this practice.
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Bring the B2B services deal. Get Regulatory Diligence 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.