The Subversive Operating Partner

After several broken deals that led to initial frustration, they have morphed into a sense of relief. The business building, financing, deal-striking is all subordinated to human alignment. Without it, the expected value of an independently sponsored transaction erodes quite quickly. We have developed in proprietary rubric to access alignment risk with operating partners in the transaction, initial transition and mid-term operating phases. The output is now the highest weight we use to assess a deal.