Pre-close · Waste & Recycling

Customer Contract Assignment for Waste & Recycling Independent Sponsors

When the deal is waste and recycling and the question is Customer Contract Assignment, the structure decisions in the first 30 days outlast the next five years. This is where Jason Powell works.

EV range $12M to $150M EV EBITDA $3M to $25M Audience Buy-side / Sponsor
The deal context

Customer Contract Assignment on waste and recycling deals is one of those workstreams that looks routine on a checklist and decides outcomes in practice.

The typical waste and recycling platform sits at $12M to $150M EV with EBITDA in the $3M to $25M range. The thesis runs on regional hauler or transfer station consolidation. Permitted volume is the asset, not the trucks. Diligence the permits before the EBITDA.

The moves

How Customer Contract Assignment actually gets structured.

  1. Identify contracts with anti-assignment clauses, especially in government and healthcare.

  2. Plan the customer communication sequence to protect retention.

  3. Map consent collection against the closing checklist, with material thresholds defined.

  4. Address change-of-control notifications even where consent is not required.

  5. In waste and recycling, layer in permit transfer applications filed before LOI signing as part of the Customer Contract Assignment workstream.

The common mistake

Asking every customer for consent. You alarm customers who would have been silent.

Jason's take
"Customer assignment is a sales motion, not a legal one. Lead with operations, follow with paper."
Jason Powell · Customer Contract Assignment
Capital after close

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.

MONTH 18
Senior refi
MONTH 24
Dividend recap
MONTH 36
Growth equity
YEAR 4–5
Strategic exit
WORK WITH JASON

Bring the waste and recycling deal. Get Customer Contract Assignment 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.