Bio

Will Cooper (a.k.a. “Coop”) is a founder and Managing Director of BlackArch and serves on the firm’s executive leadership team. He has 27 years of experience in middle-market mergers and acquisitions transactions, including more than 100 sellside, buyside and strategic advisory assignments. Coop serves as co-head of the firm's broader services practices, including his role as co-head of BlackArch's Energy & Industrial Services group (his sector-specific experienced includes TIC, infrastructure, environmental, renewables and safety) as well as an intensive focus on residential services and car wash. His diverse experience also includes distribution and packaging, in addition to a wide variety of other industries. Prior to helping start BlackArch, Coop was a director with Edgeview Partners, a leading middle-market investment bank based in Charlotte. Prior to joining Edgeview Partners in 2005, he was a director in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC (“EYCF”). Coop earned both a master of science degree in accountancy and a bachelor of science degree in accountancy from Wake Forest University. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he was named a Fuqua Scholar. Coop lives in Charlotte with his wife and two younger sons. His two grown sons live in Texas.