Healthcare Services Dividend Recapitalization: An Independent Sponsor's Counsel
Independent sponsor counsel for healthcare services, focused on Dividend Recapitalization and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.
Every healthcare services acquisition has its own gravity. Dividend Recapitalization is the workstream where independent sponsor counsel earns the seat.
The typical healthcare services platform sits at $15M to $120M EV with EBITDA in the $3M to $20M range. The thesis runs on roll-up of physician practices and ancillary service lines. Most off-market healthcare deals come through advisors who have seen the structure before. Have one in your call list.
How Dividend Recapitalization actually gets structured.
Time the recap when leverage has come down and EBITDA has grown.
Structure the new senior debt with room for ongoing operations and add-ons.
Confirm that the LP waterfall recognizes the distribution as recap, not exit.
Coordinate tax treatment of the distribution with the LPs in advance.
In healthcare services, layer in PC/MSO structuring as part of the Dividend Recapitalization workstream.
Recapping too early. Lenders price it; LPs feel it; the next deal cost goes up.
"Recaps are a tool, not a habit. Use them when the operating story supports them."Jason Powell · Dividend Recapitalization
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.
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Dividend Recapitalization for Healthcare Services, on independent sponsor terms.
Independent sponsor counsel that already speaks fluent deal-by-deal economics, structures clean LPAs, and travels with capital markets relationships for what comes after close.