Halstead advises founders, families and boards through private sale processes — prepared like a prospectus, run in confidence, and entered in the book only with consent.
We publish no client list. Sectors are the only ledger we keep open.
Every sale we run narrows deliberately — from the full field of credible buyers to the few we bring to the table under NDA. Pressure comes from genuine competition, not theatre. It is why nine in ten of our mandates close at or above guidance.
Six of forty-one entries — announced only when both parties want them read. The rest of the book stays private.
Sale of a family-owned precision components group to a listed German acquirer.
Minority recapitalisation of a specialist insurer alongside a long-term capital partner.
Divestment of a national facilities-management platform to an infrastructure fund.
Cross-border sale of a heritage food manufacturer to a strategic consolidator.
Succession sale of a founder-led diagnostics business to a private acquirer.
Carve-out and sale of a logistics division ahead of a group refinancing.
One posture across all three: the seller's interest, represented without a second client in the room.
Sell-side mandates
End-to-end representation of owners selling control — positioning, buyer access, tension, and a clean close.
Capital & minority
Growth capital, recapitalisations and minority sales priced against the whole market — never one fund's term sheet.
Fairness opinions
Independent valuation opinions written for boards and committees — and built to be defended in the room.
Mandates closed since 2004
Aggregate closed value (GBP)
Closed at or above guidance
Led end-to-end by a partner
Founded in London in 2004, Halstead keeps one book and runs one mandate per partner at a time. No juniors carrying your process; no buy-side relationship to protect across the table.
They ran a process the market never saw. Four bidders, one week of tension, a price above the range — and then silence, exactly as promised.
One partner, one hour, under NDA. If we are not the right house for your sale, we will say so — and suggest who is.