A. Bilal Noor

A. Bilal Noor is a Managing Director at Arlington Capital Partners, a leading Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm founded in 1999 that focuses on leveraged buyout and recapitalization investments in middle market companies operating in government-regulated industries. Bilal joined Arlington in 2015 and is responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including deal sourcing, due diligence, transaction structuring, financing, and executing post-closing growth and add-on acquisition strategies. He has built a strong track record across multiple sectors, with particular depth in aerospace, healthcare, and business services.

Prior to Arlington, Bilal worked at H.I.G. Capital, where he focused on private equity buyout opportunities ranging from $150 million to over $1 billion in enterprise value. Before H.I.G., he was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he covered a wide range of industries including business services, healthcare, and manufacturing. This progression from investment banking through large-cap private equity to middle-market investing gives him a comprehensive perspective across the capital structure and deal complexity spectrum.

Bilal holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. Arlington Capital Partners was recognized as one of the top 20 global mid-market buyout firms in the HEC Paris-Dow Jones Mid-Market Buyout Performance Ranking, which evaluated the aggregate performance of buyout funds raised between 2011 and 2020.

Bilal's investment focus at Arlington Capital Partners centers on U.S.-based middle market companies in government-regulated sectors and adjacent verticals. He targets companies valued between $50 million and $500 million that demonstrate strong potential for organic growth and opportunities for consolidation through add-on acquisitions. His approach emphasizes buy-and-build strategies, where he forms platform companies and executes multiple strategic acquisitions to generate revenue and operational synergies. His sector expertise spans aerospace and defense, healthcare services, government services and technology, business services, and software/IT. Arlington's strategy is to invest in companies with defensible positions in regulated markets and then accelerate growth through operational improvements and strategic acquisitions.