What they do
William Blair is an employee-owned firm with an investment banking group that advises corporations, financial sponsors and owner/entrepreneurs on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, across a set of named industry sectors.
- Services
- Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Takeovers and schemes, Independent expert reports, Equity raisings, IPOs and listings, Private capital raising, Debt advice
- Specialties
- Aerospace, Defense & Government Services, Biopharma, Consumer Products & Services, Financial Services, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Services, Industrial Growth Products, Medical Technology, Sports, Media & Entertainment, Supply Chain & Commercial Services, Tech Enabled Services, Technology
- Kinds of deal
- Leveraged buyouts, Corporate divestiture transactions, Corporate recapitalizations
- Clients
- Corporates, Private equity, Business owners and founders, Startups and venture-backed companies
- Founded
- 1935
From williamblair.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /investment-banking, /Investment-Banking/Mergers-and-Acquisitions, /Who-We-Are
Deals
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| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Cloudstaff Holdings | Navegar II (Singapore) | Engelmann Capital | Acquisition | Financial adviser | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Lawson Jepps & Co. (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) | Engelmann Capital acquisition of Cloudstaff Holdings |
Listed on their website
- Deoleo Holding sale to Acesur and Dcoop
- Vexcel Group sale to CoStar Group
- Brakebush Brothers sale to Hormel Foods $1.055 billion
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners acquisition of The Rapid Group
- Blackstone acquisition of Flow Control Holdings
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Offices and contact
Offices
- ChicagoHead office