Our Story

Halifax West® was founded in Los Angeles, California to serve lower middle market independent sponsors and middle market businesses navigating complex transactions.

Over time, our work consistently fell into two areas: buyside advisory for independent sponsors and capital solutions for private companies pursuing acquisitions or recapitalizations. Across both, we consistently saw strong businesses and attractive opportunities benefit from additional transaction leadership, particularly around structure, capitalization, and lender alignment. Independent sponsors and management teams often need experienced support on the transaction side so they can stay focused on operations, diligence, and value creation. Our role is to bring that perspective and discipline to the deal.

We experienced this firsthand. As prior principals who have acquired and operated businesses, we understood the cost of running transactions while managing day-to-day operations.

That experience later shaped our role. We focused on where we add the most value: transaction structure, capital efficiency, and execution. We advise on acquisitions, lead debt structuring, raise capital, and co-invest alongside our clients. Our work is informed by the realities shaping the lower middle market and middle market segments: generational ownership transitions, the rise of independent sponsors, and the expansion of private credit. These forces are converging to reshape how businesses change hands and how deals get financed. Our role is to operate at that intersection.

Learn more about how these trends define our approach on our Merchant Bank page.