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Recent Investment Banking Insights

  • Going for Gold: After a Respectable 2025, Does a Resurgence Await?

    The leveraged finance market proved resilient in 2025, with stable-to-rising activity despite policy swings and economic uncertainty. With borrower-friendly conditions and anticipated M&A momentum, 2026 is poised for a stronger finish if volatility stays contained.

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  • Lawn Care’s Expansion Into Pest Control, Broader Outdoor Recurring Services

    Lawn care companies are evolving into broader outdoor services platforms. Jack Williams from William Blair’s Investment Banking consumer products & services team delves into what’s behind this evolution and how it is stoking transaction activity.

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  • Transition to Liquidity: Lessons From William Blair’s Business Owners Forum

    William Blair’s Chris Brathwaite and Andrew Hansen share key considerations for entrepreneurs and business owners about pre-liquidity planning and the transaction process.

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  • The Quarterly Rx: 2025 U.S. Biopharma Recap

    The biopharma capital markets played through a volatile, but ultimately constructive, set this year.

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  • Why Data Integration and AI Are the Future for a Growing Pet Tech Industry

    An increased focus on personalized pet health and nutrition that leverages AI and data presents attractive investment opportunities.

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  • Navigating the Expanding Spectrum of Financing

    William Blair’s Private Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance teams explain the highly flexible bespoke capital solutions available to business owners and sponsors and how to navigate the expanding spectrum of financing.

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  • Secondaries’ Rise—and the Push to Surpass $200 Billion

    Strong growth in the secondary market continued into 2025’s final weeks with another year of record volumes and expectations for more growth in 2026.

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  • Aviation Services Industry Update

    Business aviation saw high points in the third quarter, with strong activity across the U.S. and Europe, while Airbus and Boeing ramped production.

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  • Leveraged Loan Market Bounces Back From a Spooky Second Quarter

    The leveraged finance market has brought a rollercoaster of emotions in 2025.

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  • The Pet Supplements Industry Is Booming and Requires More Capacity and Capabilities

    The pet supplements industry is on track for strong continued growth. Meeting future demand will require both additional capacity and enhanced capabilities to stay ahead of intensifying competition—creating opportunities for investors.

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  • The Quarterly Rx: Q3 2025 U.S. Biopharma Recap

    Biopharma bounced back in the third quarter, powered by the year’s first rate cut, a steady run of big M&A, and a wave of positive clinical data, especially from the latest IPO class.

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