Veterinary Services Dividend Recapitalization: An Independent Sponsor's Counsel
Independent sponsor counsel for veterinary services, focused on Dividend Recapitalization and the deal mechanics that protect sponsor economics and LP alignment.
Every veterinary services acquisition has its own gravity. Dividend Recapitalization is the workstream where independent sponsor counsel earns the seat.
The typical veterinary services platform sits at $8M to $100M EV with EBITDA in the $2M to $18M range. The thesis runs on general or specialty practice roll-up under an MSO. DVM retention is more valuable than equipment. Underwrite the people, then the practice.
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 veterinary services, layer in state-by-state CPM analysis filed pre-LOI 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.
After close, the call list for refinancing, recapitalization, and growth equity gets short and known. Jason carries that list.
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Dividend Recapitalization for Veterinary 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.