The Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory Group at William Blair & Company provides comprehensive financial advisory services to both publicly traded and privately held clients, encompassing a wide range of corporate transactions and activities. The group serves both buyers and sellers with in-depth financial and strategic analysis as well as identifying optimal potential transaction partners, developing creative deal structures and negotiating complex transaction terms.
Our long history, sterling reputation and high level of transaction activity provide us with a proven ability to access both domestic and foreign potential transaction partners. The M&A group delivers high-quality advice to clients across a range of industries, leveraging the expertise of our Corporate Finance Industry Groups to best serve clients.
The M&A advisory services offered by the group include the following:
Sell-side and corporate divestiture transactions
Merger advisories
Acquisition advisories
Strategic alternatives reviews
Corporate recapitalizations and restructurings
Leveraged buyouts
Shareholder rights plans and other takeover defense advisories
