Exit · Dental Practice Management

Exit Preparation Counsel for Dental Practice Management Acquisitions

When the deal is dental practice management and the question is Exit Preparation, the structure decisions in the first 30 days outlast the next five years. This is where Jason Powell works.

EV range $10M to $130M EV EBITDA $2.5M to $22M Audience Independent Sponsor
The deal context

Exit Preparation on dental practice management deals is one of those workstreams that looks routine on a checklist and decides outcomes in practice.

The typical dental practice management platform sits at $10M to $130M EV with EBITDA in the $2.5M to $22M range. The thesis runs on DSO buy-up under an MSO. Insurance mix dictates valuation. Read the PPO contracts before the EBITDA.

The moves

How Exit Preparation actually gets structured.

  1. Clean the cap table 18 months before the planned exit window.

  2. Refresh the IP, employment, and customer contract files for diligence readiness.

  3. Build a quality-of-earnings ready financial package well before bankers come in.

  4. Coordinate sponsor exit economics with the LP waterfall and any rolled-equity holders.

  5. In dental practice management, layer in MSO model documented per state as part of the Exit Preparation workstream.

The common mistake

Starting exit prep when the banker calls. By then, every fix costs price.

Jason's take
"Exit prep is what separates a 6x outcome from an 8x outcome. The work starts before the banker."
Jason Powell · Exit Preparation
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
TALK TO JASON

An LOI on the desk, a dental practice management target, and a Exit Preparation question worth a real conversation.

Twenty minutes of practitioner-grade input from a securities attorney whose first move is to read the deal, not the engagement letter.