The Method

Fast. Focused. Buyer-loyal.

Most carve-out advisory engagements take six months and produce a deck. Ours take 4 to 12 weeks and produce a renegotiated contract, a measured saving, or a clean Day One. The method is the difference.

By TSA Advisory Published June 25, 2023 Updated November 20, 2025 3 min read

Four Steps

Diagnose. Scope. Execute. Land.

The TSA Advisory method is a sequence, not a framework. Each step has a defined output. Each output feeds the next. The endpoint is a measurable buyer outcome, not a recommendation memo.

i.
Diagnose. Week 1.
First call is free. We assess the situation, identify the leverage points, and provide a fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours. The diagnosis is grounded in the buyer's TSA, the operating calendar, and the specific risks on the file. If the firm cannot find value, we tell you on the first call.
ii.
Scope. Week 1 to 2.
We agree on outcomes, deliverables, and timeline before any work begins. The scope document defines what you are paying for, what you are getting, and the milestones along the way. No scope creep. No surprise change orders. If new work emerges, we write a new scope.
iii.
Execute. Week 2 to 12.
A senior team works your engagement end to end. Two senior advisors, dedicated, full time. Weekly operating cadence with the buyer's PMO and the seller's transition lead. Action register. Decision log. Real decisions, every week. No junior consultants on the file.
iv.
Land. Final week.
The firm does not disappear after the deliverable. We support handoff to the buyer's team, the portfolio company, or the operating partner. The goal is durable outcome, not a finished engagement. Where a follow-on retainer is appropriate, we propose it. Where the buyer's team is ready to run the work, we step out.

Three Differentiators

What makes the method different.

The method is built around three operating rules that govern every engagement. They are non-negotiable. They are why PE firms call us instead of the Big 4.

Rule 01

No hourly billing

Fixed fee or portfolio retainer. The buyer knows the cost before work begins. The firm absorbs the time risk, not the buyer. We commit to scope, not to time.

Rule 02

No junior consultants

Every engagement is staffed by senior practitioners only. The advisor who scopes the work is the advisor who runs the work. The voice on the operating partner call is the voice in the seller's TSA committee meeting.

Rule 03

No conflicts

Buyer-side only. No seller engagements ever. No vendor partnerships. No referral economics. The firm's only revenue source is buyer-side advisory fees. That is the entire model.

Senior advisors at the TSA operating cadence meeting

FigureThe operating cadence. Two senior advisors. One buyer. One file.

What You Get

Measured outcome. Not a deck.

The deliverable is the contract amendment, the renegotiated exit calendar, the recovered service credit, or the Day One that holds. Not a 60 page PowerPoint. Not a steering committee deck. The buyer's value creation plan is the measure.

Every engagement closes with a one page outcome memo. Specific numbers, specific decisions, specific handoff. The buyer can put it in front of the operating partner, the investment committee, or the board.

If the firm cannot point to a measured outcome at the end, we have not done the work. We tell the buyer that on the first call.

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Fast. Focused. Buyer-loyal.

Diagnose. Scope. Execute. Land.

Diagnose. Week 1.

Scope. Week 1 to 2.

Execute. Week 2 to 12.

Land. Final week.

What makes the method different.

No hourly billing

No junior consultants

No conflicts

Measured outcome. Not a deck.

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