Peter Bilden

Peter Bilden

Co-Head of Global Aerospace, Defense and Government Services Investment Banking

Pete is the Co-Head of Kroll’s Aerospace, Defense and Government Services Investment Banking team. Over the course of his 20-year career, Pete has advised clients on a wide variety of transactions spanning both sell-side and buy-side roles, including mergers and acquisitions, sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, strategic alternative reviews, fairness opinions and capital markets transactions with an aggregate value of more than $20 billion.

Prior to joining Kroll in 2019, Pete led the Aerospace, Defense and Government Services practice at BlackArch Partners, where he focused on public and private middle-market clients. Prior to BlackArch, Pete was a managing director at Stone Key Partners, a strategic advisory and M&A boutique focused on the Defense and Government Technology Services sectors. Prior to Stone Key, Pete was a banker in the Diversified Industrials group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he led day-to-day execution of M&A and capital markets transactions for a wide variety of corporate and financial industrial clients.

Earlier in his career, Pete served as an officer and aviator in the U.S. Army for nearly a decade.

Pete received his BA in history from Duke University and his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth Graduate School of Business.

Pete is a co-founder of The No Greater Sacrifice Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization providing academic scholarships and mentoring for the children and families of fallen and wounded service members and is active in numerous organizations supporting military veterans and national security initiatives.



Corporate Finance and Restructuring

M&A advisory, restructuring and insolvency, debt advisory, strategic alternatives, transaction diligence and independent financial opinions.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory

Kroll’s investment banking practice has extensive experience in M&A deal strategy and structuring, capital raising, transaction advisory services and financial sponsor coverage.

Aerospace Defense and Government Services (ADG) Investment Banking

Strategic and financial advisory for Aerospace Defense and Government Services clients worldwide.


Transaction Advisory Services

Kroll’s Transaction Advisory Services platform offers corporate and financial investors with deep accounting and technical expertise, commercial knowledge, industry insight and seamless analytical services throughout the deal continuum.

Financial Sponsors Group

Dedicated coverage and access to M&A deal-flow for financial sponsors.