Brent Smith

Managing Director
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Education University of Chicago, MBA
University of Michigan, BBA
Joined William Blair & Company 2000
Other Experience Lehman Brothers
Heitman Financial Limited
Community Involvement JUF Financial Division
Awards Investment Dealers' Digest: 2001 Overall and M&A Breakthrough Deal of the Year (Smuckers Acquisition of JIF and Crisco Brands from Procter and Gamble)
Notable Transactions
  • The J.M. Smucker Company - merger with Folger's Coffee Company

  • Concord EFS - sale to First Data Corporation

  • Hi-Tech Group - sale to Parker Hannifin

  • Bandag Incorporated - sale to Bridgestone

  • Insurance Auto Auctions - sale to Kelso & Company

  • Best Brands Corp. - sale to CSM N.V.

  • TreeHouse Foods, Inc. - acquisition of S.T. Specialty Foods

  • Keystone Bakeries Holdings - sale to George Weston Limited/Maplehurst Bakeries

  • KangXin Logistics (subsidiary of Rich Products Corp.) - sale to China Merchants Americold Logistics Company Limited

  • Green Mountain Coffee Roasters - follow-on offering, co-manager