Working Capital Adjustments Counsel for Home Services Acquisitions
Independent sponsor counsel for home services, focused on Working Capital Adjustments and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.
The economics on a home services platform deal usually hinge on a handful of structural decisions. Working Capital Adjustments is one of them.
The typical home services platform sits at $8M to $80M EV with EBITDA in the $2M to $15M range. The thesis runs on regional roll-ups of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical operators. The cleanest home services deals close in 60 days from LOI. The mess is almost always in the licenses, not the financials.
How Working Capital Adjustments actually gets structured.
Set the peg based on a trailing 12-month average, normalized for seasonality.
Define each line item in the schedule, especially deferred revenue and accrued vacation.
Cap the dispute resolution timeline at 30 days post-close.
Build a true-up payment mechanism funded out of escrow.
In home services, layer in working capital peg that survives a slow February as part of the Working Capital Adjustments workstream.
Using an unadjusted average that ignores seasonality. You pay twice for the same cash.
"Working capital is where deals are won or re-traded after LOI. Read every line of the schedule."Jason Powell · Working Capital Adjustments
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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An LOI on the desk, a home services target, and a Working Capital Adjustments 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.