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Transition Services Agreements (TSA) for Building Products Independent Sponsors

Independent sponsor counsel for building products, focused on Transition Services Agreements (TSA) and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.

EV range $10M to $150M EV EBITDA $2.5M to $25M Audience Buy-side / Sponsor
The deal context

Every building products acquisition has its own gravity. Transition Services Agreements (TSA) is the workstream where independent sponsor counsel earns the seat.

The typical building products platform sits at $10M to $150M EV with EBITDA in the $2.5M to $25M range. The thesis runs on regional manufacturer or specialty distributor consolidation. Pricing power lives in dealer contracts, not in branding. Read the dealer agreements before the LOI.

The moves

How Transition Services Agreements (TSA) actually gets structured.

  1. Define every service with measurable inputs, outputs, and durations.

  2. Price each service at actual cost plus a defined margin.

  3. Set termination rights for both sides, with notice periods.

  4. Address data privacy and security obligations across the transition.

  5. In building products, layer in raw-material pass-through clauses confirmed as part of the Transition Services Agreements (TSA) workstream.

The common mistake

Writing a generic TSA. Every line in a TSA is a future dispute waiting for definition.

Jason's take
"A good TSA reads like a SLA. A bad TSA reads like a memo."
Jason Powell · Transition Services Agreements (TSA)
Capital after close

The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.

Capital after close is where the IRR actually gets made. The right introductions at month nine through month thirty are where this practice works as hard as it does at the LOI.

MONTH 18
Senior refi
MONTH 24
Dividend recap
MONTH 36
Growth equity
YEAR 4–5
Strategic exit
WORK WITH JASON

Bring the building products deal. Get Transition Services Agreements (TSA) 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.