BUY-SIDE BROKER ADVICE
In addition to my own searches, directly contacting potential firms - I've identified a couple of firms that work with / represent buyer side deals.
I have a couple of different agreements under review and going to check with my attorney as well. However, any advice for what is customary/usual for buy-side broker fees/arrangements?
Self-funded.
For the contract at hand, my redlines/comments are less about balking at the fees (I do not work for free, why should they?) and more around specificity (^[redacted]'s point). This is a 3-page agreement (NDA is separate) and I'm likely overthinking as a result of my corporate world conditioning. My current exposure to contracts is with large, global companies, and our contracts are extremely granular.
As I've worked through some additional reading (from ^[redacted]), comments here, and a few 1x1 chats - buyer brokers are really building a future pipeline. Today's buyer is tomorrow's seller. Secondarily, a bank of serious and well-qualified buyers is an attractive asset for someone incentivized to close deals.
Based on the advice here, the fees and structure of this agreement seem inline.