The problem
Most deals fail afterthe letter of intent.
Price is rarely what breaks a transaction. The ninety days after the letter of intent are critical, because that is when diligence, permits, consents, and financing meet a seller who has never done this before.
These standards are written down before we meet you, so you can hold us to them rather than discover them.
A closing is a discipline rather than a formality.
Standards
What we holdourselves to.
These standards are intended to govern each transaction, including when timing pressure increases.
No wire on an email
Every instruction and change is verified by voice callback to a known number.
Permits are conditions
Licenses and rotation agreements transfer before funding, or a holdback carries the revenue.
Conduct covenants
The business stays the business between signing and closing, with a stated working capital method.
No unverified revenue
Revenue that cannot be reconciled to returns, bank statements, and financials cannot support valuation.
What you can expect
Your people learn from you,not from us.
Your client’s information is shared only with those required to evaluate or execute a transaction, and only with appropriate permission and safeguards.
Some owners remain through a defined transition. Others step away at closing. The appropriate transition depends on the business, the team, and the structure, and it is reflected in the transaction rather than imposed from a template.
Structure is built around the owner’s objectives where the business, tax, and financing facts allow.
How long it takes
The sequence is fixed.The calendar is not.
Timing depends on records, financing, licenses, and third-party consents. We establish the expected schedule before asking an owner to enter exclusivity, meaning the period in which you agree to stop speaking with other buyers.
The process begins with a short conversation, moves through confidential review and written structure, and proceeds to a letter of intent only when the expected schedule is clear.
We will not promise a number of days we cannot control.
Conversation
Twenty to thirty minutes to understand the company and the owner's timing.
Business review
Financial and operating profile, under a mutual confidentiality agreement.
Preliminary value and structure
An honest range and how a transaction could be built.
Letter of intent
Headline terms in writing, with the expected schedule attached.
Confirmatory diligence
Verification of what has already been discussed.
Financing and consents
Lenders, licenses, permits, landlords, and material contracts.
Definitive documentation and closing
Signed, funded, and transferred.
What we pay
We publish the method,not a multiple.
Value is built from verified earnings, revenue durability, customer concentration, management depth, owner dependence, equipment and fleet requirements, working capital, and licensing risk. Structure determines how that value reaches the seller.
A defensible range comes after we understand the company. A published multiple would pretend otherwise.
The next step
Twenty minutes,and no obligation.
Owners speak with us years before they are ready. That is exactly how we prefer it.
Start a confidential conversation.