Corporate Finance

William Blair & Company Offices

William Blair & Company's Corporate Finance Department combines significant transaction experience, rich industry knowledge, and deep relationships to deliver premium value to our global base of corporate clients. We serve both publicly traded and privately-held companies, executing and delivering successful growth financing, mergers and acquisitions, special situations and restructuring, and general advisory and valuation projects. This comprehensive suite of services allows us to be a long-term partner of our clients as they grow and evolve.

The firm's global reach comprises an established presence throughout North America, Europe, and Asia with active calling efforts in India, the Gulf Coast countries, and Latin America. In addition, we have a strategic partnership with Poalim Capital Markets, the investment banking business of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest commercial bank and asset manager. We have built relationships with a global list of growth investors, strategic trade buyers, and more than 800 financial sponsors. Our diverse banking team offers clients, potential buyers, and investors a 14-language fluency and the proven ability to clear the market globally in our effort to find the best investors, acquisition targets, and buyers for our clients.

William Blair & Company's global approach to investment banking provides our clients access to a world of growth opportunities.

Join our team:
Corporate Finance Analyst Program
Corporate Finance Associate Program

 

 

William Blair & Company is pleased to announce the following Corporate Finance colleagues have been invited to become partners: James Bertram and Andrew Jessen.
We are pleased to announce the following colleagues have been promoted to Vice President: Neale Fisher, Andreas Mentzer, Phil Olson, Allison Pottinger, and Vanessa Rollings
William Blair & Company's Special Situations and Restructuring Group, in conjunction with the law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, hosted a panel discussion on Strategic Alternatives for Distressed Companies. The panel discussion highlighted options for companies facing a liquidity crisis, such as finding a buyer or restructuring debt. The discussion also provided an overview of the role of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for companies in distress. Attendees included representatives from private equity funds, distressed investment funds, lenders, and law firms.
Brian Scullion, MD, principal in the Healthcare Investment Banking group, was quoted in a recent Portfolio.com article on the healthcare IPO market. William Blair & Company has served as financial advisor or underwriter for 11 healthcare clients in 2009, representing more than $2.2 billion of transaction value. View article
Geoffrey A. Richards, head of William Blair & Company's Special Situations & Restructuring group, is included in the annual "40 Under 40" list by Crain's Chicago Business. View article (PDF)
William Blair & Company hosted its first Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Industry Discussion and Reception. The event took place during the 2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition in Los Angeles, California.
William Blair & Company has been honored in two categories by the Turnaround Atlas Awards: the Sector Deal of the Year - Technology, Telecom and Media was awarded to our NCP transaction; and Geoff Richards has been named Restructuring Financial Adviser of the Year.
Brett Paschke included in a Forbes.com article: "The Changing IPO Market; A rebound is coming in the market for new offerings, is Wall Street ready?" View Article
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