White papers for the buyer-side reader.

The TSA Exit Playbook

The definitive buyer-side guide to Transition Services Agreement exits. Pre-signing leverage, mid-TSA renegotiation, exit acceleration, governance, stranded cost. The essential reference.

TSA Pricing Benchmarks by Industry

Cost-plus mark-up ranges by service category, pass-through validation criteria, extension fee curve norms, and what a fair TSA actually costs by industry vertical.

The 90 Day Day One Readiness Checklist

Approximately two hundred line items across the nine standard workstreams. IT, finance, HR, treasury, procurement, tax, legal, cybersecurity, and Newco commercial operations.

The Reverse TSA Guide

The buyer's playbook for the situation in which the buyer is providing services back to the seller. Pricing, scope, exit planning, and governance from the unusual side of the table.

TSA Service Catalog Template

A working buyer-side catalog template covering service description, scope, exclusions, deliverables, pricing methodology, term, exit terms, SLAs, and governance handoff for every service line.

TSA Negotiation Memo Template

The format the firm uses to walk a deal team into a TSA redline session. Specific positions, target numbers, walk away thresholds, side by side seller and buyer language.

TSA Dispute Resolution Toolkit

Service-level breach claim templates, credit calculation worksheets, governance escalation memos, and the negotiation sequence for resolving a TSA dispute without arbitration.

The Day One Letter

Bi-weekly. Short. Signal heavy. Free. The newsletter for PE operating partners and corporate divestiture leaders. Subscribe without a downloaded PDF first.

The TSA Glossary

Plain language definitions of the terms that come up in every TSA. Day One, Newco, stranded cost, reverse TSA, exit ramp, governance committee, service catalog, extension fee.