We started Cuz because we were tired of watching good deals fall apart at the closing table. Brokers who hand off to lawyers. Lawyers who never spoke to the broker. Sellers caught in the middle. We decided to be both — and to do it right.
For more than a decade, our founders practiced as business attorneys in South Florida — closing M&A transactions, drafting purchase agreements, and quarterbacking diligence for clients buying and selling companies in the lower middle market.
Time and again, we watched the same pattern: a well-meaning broker would source a buyer, get an LOI signed, and then quietly hand the file to attorneys at month two, exactly when deal momentum was most fragile. Issues that could have been spotted in the valuation phase — entity structure, tax exposure, lease assignability, customer concentration — would surface in diligence and blow the deal up.
We launched Cuz Business Brokers to fix that gap. We do the brokerage and the legal thinking — together, from day one — so the deal that gets to LOI is the deal that closes.
The lower middle market deserves the same quality of representation that institutional sellers receive. Our mission is to deliver investment-bank discipline and attorney-grade execution to founders selling between $500K and $10M+ in revenue.
Reps, warranties, escrows, indemnification caps — the boilerplate that decides whether you keep your sale price after closing.
Asset vs. stock, F-reorgs, rollover equity, earnouts, seller notes — structuring choices often shift more value than the headline price.
We don’t cheer the LOI. We celebrate the wire transfer. Our job is to keep the deal alive through diligence and across the closing table.
15+ years structuring and closing M&A transactions across professional services, distribution, healthcare, and consumer brands. Recognized for negotiating purchase agreements that hold up under post-closing scrutiny.
15+ years advising business owners on operational, regulatory, and transactional matters. Known for keeping complex transactions on-track through diligence by anticipating buyer concerns weeks ahead.
We focus on businesses we understand structurally. We turn down what we can’t serve well.
South Florida’s deal market is unique — heavy in family-owned businesses, services and home-services roll-ups, hospitality, and a constant flow of out-of-state and international buyers. We’ve been advising on deals here for over a decade.