Healthcare Services Exit Preparation: An Independent Sponsor's Counsel
When the deal is healthcare services 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.
Healthcare Services deals in the lower middle market run a specific playbook. Exit Preparation is where the structure either holds or starts to leak.
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 Exit Preparation actually gets structured.
Clean the cap table 18 months before the planned exit window.
Refresh the IP, employment, and customer contract files for diligence readiness.
Build a quality-of-earnings ready financial package well before bankers come in.
Coordinate sponsor exit economics with the LP waterfall and any rolled-equity holders.
In healthcare services, layer in PC/MSO structuring as part of the Exit Preparation workstream.
Starting exit prep when the banker calls. By then, every fix costs price.
"Exit prep is what separates a 6x outcome from an 8x outcome. The work starts before the banker."Jason Powell · Exit Preparation
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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An LOI on the desk, a healthcare services 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.