Cybersecurity Services LOI Negotiation: An Independent Sponsor's Counsel
Securities and M&A counsel for independent sponsors negotiating cybersecurity services transactions, from LOI to close to the capital markets that open up afterward.
Cybersecurity Services deals in the lower middle market run a specific playbook. LOI Negotiation is where the structure either holds or starts to leak.
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.
How LOI Negotiation actually gets structured.
Cap the exclusivity at 60 days, with one 30-day extension you control.
Name the earnout, the rollover percentage, and the management fee in the LOI itself, not later.
Reserve QofE and rep-and-warranty insurance as buyer expenses, paid at close.
Build a no-shop carve-out for inbound strategic bids above a threshold.
In cybersecurity services, layer in FSO succession plan in place as part of the LOI Negotiation workstream.
Letting the seller's counsel draft the first LOI. The frame of reference sets every fight that follows.
"An LOI is not a non-binding nicety. It is the deal, in skeleton."Jason Powell · LOI Negotiation
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.
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Bring the cybersecurity services deal. Get LOI Negotiation 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.