Representations & Warranties Drafting for Logistics & Distribution Independent Sponsors
Independent sponsor counsel for logistics and distribution, focused on Representations & Warranties Drafting and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.
Representations & Warranties Drafting on logistics and distribution deals is one of those workstreams that looks routine on a checklist and decides outcomes in practice.
The typical logistics and distribution platform sits at $12M to $140M EV with EBITDA in the $3M to $22M range. The thesis runs on regional acquisitions of brokerages, 3PLs, and last-mile operators. Fuel-volatile years make for clean entry multiples. Read the math, not the narrative.
How Representations & Warranties Drafting actually gets structured.
Anchor on a modern PE-style rep package, not an asset-purchase boilerplate.
Distinguish fundamental reps from general reps in survival and cap structures.
Negotiate knowledge qualifiers to defined-person knowledge, not constructive knowledge.
Coordinate the rep package with the R&W insurance carrier's underwriting.
In logistics and distribution, layer in earnout indexed to gross margin, not revenue as part of the Representations & Warranties Drafting workstream.
Drafting reps without reading the disclosure schedules. The schedules are where the risk actually lives.
"Reps and warranties are a risk allocation. Draft them like risk allocation."Jason Powell · Representations & Warranties Drafting
The deal is one thing. The capital that opens up after close is another.
Most independent sponsors solve the closing capital and then run into the post-close capital problem alone. The capital markets relationships that matter at month 18 are part of this practice.
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Bring the logistics and distribution deal. Get Representations & Warranties Drafting done right.
Direct counsel from a securities and M&A attorney with billions in structured transactions, the independent-sponsor-native playbook, and the capital markets network that opens up post-close.