Pre-close · Cybersecurity Services

Customer Contract Assignment for Cybersecurity Services Independent Sponsors

Managing Customer Contract Assignment on cybersecurity services deals, with the structure protection and capital connectivity an independent sponsor actually needs.

EV range $10M to $130M EV EBITDA $2.5M to $22M Audience Buy-side / Sponsor
The deal context

The economics on a cybersecurity services platform deal usually hinge on a handful of structural decisions. Customer Contract Assignment is one of them.

The typical cybersecurity services platform sits at $10M to $130M EV with EBITDA in the $2.5M to $22M range. The thesis runs on MSSP or specialty consulting platform. Cleared workforce is the moat. Cleared workforce can also be the deal-killer in CFIUS reviews.

The moves

How Customer Contract Assignment actually gets structured.

  1. Identify contracts with anti-assignment clauses, especially in government and healthcare.

  2. Plan the customer communication sequence to protect retention.

  3. Map consent collection against the closing checklist, with material thresholds defined.

  4. Address change-of-control notifications even where consent is not required.

  5. In cybersecurity services, layer in FSO succession plan in place as part of the Customer Contract Assignment workstream.

The common mistake

Asking every customer for consent. You alarm customers who would have been silent.

Jason's take
"Customer assignment is a sales motion, not a legal one. Lead with operations, follow with paper."
Jason Powell · Customer Contract Assignment
Capital after close

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

After close, the call list for refinancing, recapitalization, and growth equity gets short and known. Jason carries that list.

MONTH 18
Senior refi
MONTH 24
Dividend recap
MONTH 36
Growth equity
YEAR 4–5
Strategic exit
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Bring the cybersecurity services deal. Get Customer Contract Assignment 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.