Energy Services Deals: Transition Services Agreements (TSA) Done Right
Independent sponsor counsel for energy services, focused on Transition Services Agreements (TSA) and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.
Transition Services Agreements (TSA) on energy services deals is one of those workstreams that looks routine on a checklist and decides outcomes in practice.
The typical energy services platform sits at $10M to $140M EV with EBITDA in the $2.5M to $24M range. The thesis runs on regional oilfield service or renewable services consolidation. Underwrite the trough, not the peak. Capital partners will.
How Transition Services Agreements (TSA) actually gets structured.
Define every service with measurable inputs, outputs, and durations.
Price each service at actual cost plus a defined margin.
Set termination rights for both sides, with notice periods.
Address data privacy and security obligations across the transition.
In energy services, layer in earnout indexed to gross margin instead of revenue as part of the Transition Services Agreements (TSA) workstream.
Writing a generic TSA. Every line in a TSA is a future dispute waiting for definition.
"A good TSA reads like a SLA. A bad TSA reads like a memo."Jason Powell · Transition Services Agreements (TSA)
The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.
Refinancing, recaps, growth rounds, and the right strategic conversation eighteen months early are all downstream of relationships that take years to build and minutes to use.
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