The Financial Sponsors Group builds value-added relationships with other professional services organizations in the private equity, accounting and legal communities. This group is focused on business development activities involving investment banking opportunities referred by these contacts. In addition, this group serves to coordinate relevant deal flow opportunities for private equity firms interested in seeing William Blair & Company's M&A sell-side and private equity placement transactions. The Financial Sponsors Group maintains an up-to-date profile for all existing private equity fund relationships within Corporate Finance.

• Delivering high quality middle market deal flow


• Quality execution on behalf of private equity sponsors

Selected Transactions

Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed		$300,000,000
a portfolio company of Steadfast Capital and Penguin Ventures				a portfolio company of Spectrum Equity Investors and Bain Capital Ventures
has been acquired by		has been acquired by		has been acquired by
Barclays Private Equity		FleetMatics  a portfolio company of Investcorp Technology Partners		Jack Henry & Associates Inc
Financial Advisor		Financial Advisor		Financial Advisor
August 2010		August 2010		June 2010
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Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed		$392,800,000
a portfolio company of Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, & Salmon River				a portfolio company of Lone Star Funds
has been recapitalized by		has received a growth equity investment led by
Genstar Capital		FF&P Private Equity		has confirmed its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization
Financial Advisor		Financial Advisor		Financial Advisor
June 2010		May 2010		May 2010
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$510,000,000		$84,000,000		Not Disclosed
a portfolio company of Brantley Partners		a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group and TA Associates		a portfolio company of ARC Equity Management
has been acquired by				has been acquired by
CSM		Follow-on Offering		ADP, Inc.
Financial Advisor		Co-manager		Financial Advisor
March 2010		March 2010		January 2010
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Some tombstones listed may have been completed by current William Blair & Company employees while employed at other firms.