William Blair & Company’s Special Situations & Restructuring Group draws on the firm’s global investment banking resources to provide informed, unbiased advice to clients facing challenging operational situations or liquidity crises. By bringing together William Blair & Company’s expertise in mergers and acquisitions, debt finance, restructuring, and private equity, the Special Situations & Restructuring Group works with clients to develop the best solution for the client’s situation.

The links below illustrate William Blair & Company’s expertise in the following service offerings:

• Special Situations M&A


• Restructuring


• M&A Expertise


• Capital Raising Experience – Public Equity


• Capital Raising Experience – Private Equity Placements


• Capital Raising Experience – Debt


• William Blair & Company’s Industry Focus

Selected Transactions

Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed
				Home Furnishings Retailer
has been acquired by
Access Value Investors and Lion Equity Partners		Senior Secured Credit Facility Refinancing		Financial Advisor
April 2008		December 2007		September 2007
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Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed
has completed a recapitalization with		has completed a recapitalization with		has sold its Milwaukee/Southeast Wisconsin Division of Jewel-Osco to
Berkshire Partners		PNC Mezzanine		a consortium of buyers, including Roundy's
July 2007		May 2007		April 2007
Full Story...				Full Story...
Not Disclosed		Not Disclosed		$99,871,000
(a division of Johnson Controls Inc.)		Bi-Lo and Bruno's
has been acquired by		have sold certain assets to		has been acquired by an affiliate of
KPS Capital Partners		C&S Wholesale Grocers		Certified Grocers Midwest, Inc.
March 2007		March 2006		February 2006
				Full Story...
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Some tombstones listed may have been completed by current William Blair & Company employees while employed at other firms.