The Stone Arch Capital team consists of professionals with a unique blend of private equity, operating, investment banking and legal experience from firms such as Norwest Equity Partners, Churchill Equity Partners, SCF Partners, RBC Capital Markets/Dain Rauscher Wessels, Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS, Piper Jaffray, Inc., Shearman & Sterling, Deere & Company, Cessna Aircraft Co., Blount International, and Lukens Steel Co. Together, our team has a successful track record of investing in private equity, executing merger and acquisition transactions, and operating a wide variety of businesses that range from small start-up companies to the largest investment bank in the firm's core Midwest market. Collectively, Stone Arch Capital professionals have directed the purchase and sale of over 150 companies during their careers.