BlackArch Partners, a middle-market investment bank offering a full spectrum of advisory services, announced that Grant Hamilton has joined the firm as managing director and head of the firm’s Building Products industry practice.
Hamilton has more than 15 years of experience in the banking industry, including over a decade advising on mergers and acquisitions in the middle market with a particular focus on building products and diversified industrials sectors. Hamilton has a longstanding relationship with many of BlackArch’s senior bankers dating back to their tenure together at Edgeview Partners, a leading middle-market investment bank specialized in mergers and acquisitions advisory. Since Piper Jaffray’s acquisition of Edgeview Partners in 2013, he was co-head of Piper’s Building Products & Construction practice within the Diversified Industrials & Services group.
“We are thrilled to have Grant join our growing platform,” said Drew Quartapella, Managing Director and co-founder of BlackArch. Grant shares our dedication to client service and to building the preeminent investment banking platform. We have a tremendous amount of respect for Grant’s industry knowledge and his relationships across the industrial sector and in the financial sponsor community. We continue to be focused on expanding BlackArch's capabilities and strategically investing in the growth of the firm.”
Prior to Piper Jaffray, Hamilton was an associate with Bank One Capital Markets and assistant vice president with Bank One’s commercial banking department where he primarily worked with middle-market industrial businesses.
BlackArch Partners is a leading middle-market investment bank offering a full spectrum of advisory services to financial sponsors, private companies and diversified corporations. BlackArch addresses the needs of entrepreneurs, founders and shareholders of private companies with specialized services that include M&A advisory, strategic advisory and private capital solutions. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., with offices in Houston, T.X., BlackArch features a total of 12 industry-focused practices that cover all sectors of interest to middle-market investors; BlackArch professionals have closed over 300 transactions in 16 countries on four continents.