Stuart Licudi

Stewart Licudi

Senior Director

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About Stewart

Stewart Licudi is a senior director for William Blair based in the firm’s London office. He originally joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2006. Before joining William Blair, he worked for 3i plc and LDC.

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a portfolio company of
Abris Capital Partners

has been acquired by

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a portfolio company of ICG

has been acquired by

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a portfolio company of
The Riverside Company

has been acquired by

a portfolio company of
Hg, TA Associates, and GIC

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Guestline, a portfolio company of the Riverside Company, in connection with its acquisition by The Access Group, a portfolio company of Hg Capital, TA Associates, and GIC.

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has acquired

a portfolio company of
PSG Equity & Verdane

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Inflexion Private Equity in connection with its pending acquisition of a majority stake in Nomentia, from PSG Equity and Verdane.

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(European Operations)

has been acquired by

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a portfolio company of ECI Partners

has been acquired by

a portfolio company of EQT

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has acquired a majority stake in

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin) in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Cloud Technology Solutions Group.

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a portfolio company of Graphite Capital

has been acquired by

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has been acquired by

$540,000,000

an affiliated portfolio company of Sun European Partners, LLP

has been acquired by

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to C&K Switches, an affiliated portfolio company of Sun European Partners, LLP, in connection with its pending sale to Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS).

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has been acquired by

a portfolio company of NPM Capital

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to LeYa, S.A. in connection with its pending sale to Infinitas Learning Holding B.V.

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has acquired

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Financial Sponsors

William Blair's Financial Sponsors Group is focused on developing and institutionalizing relationships with leading private equity firms around the world. Many of these relationships have been developed for over two decades providing us with senior-level access and credibility with the key decision-makers at each private equity firm. With over 295 successful sales to financial sponsors since 2015, we have proprietary insights into each financial sponsor's unique investment criteria, approach, and behavior. Our team's highly-relevant experience with and relevance to the private equity community uniquely positions William Blair to deliver exceptional results for our M&A sell-side clients.

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About William Blair

William Blair is a premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*

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1935

Year William Blair was founded

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1,950+

Employees worldwide

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132 billion+

Client assets

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89 Years

Independent and employee-owned

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20+

Offices worldwide

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~650

Companies under coverage

As of December 31, 2023
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.

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