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  • Investment Banking

    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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  • Investment Banking

    How Embedded Finance Drives Enterprise Value and Increases Multiples for SaaS Platforms

    Embedded finance continues to be a highly promising growth opportunity for software platforms looking to expand into multiproduct businesses that allow their customers to have an integrated user experience and consolidate vendors.

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  • Private Wealth Management

    The Great Wealth Transfer: Five Actionable Steps

    With the Great Wealth Transfer on the horizon, there’s no greater moment than the present to take action on your financial future.

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  • Navigating Your Way to the Next Level of Wealth

    The sale of a business or a recapitalization can often elevate an entrepreneur to a dramatically higher level of wealth.

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  • 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Selling Your Business

    The most critical decisions about selling your business are the ones made well before any potential buyers have been contacted.

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  • Financial Planning Following a Liquidity Event

    Selling or recapitalizing your business may dramatically increase your level of wealth, which allows you new opportunities.

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  • Private Wealth Management

    Pre- and Post-Transaction Planning Checklist

    Proactive pre- and post-transaction wealth planning can affect your strategy as you consider the sale of your business.

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  • Client Focus

    Inside the Consumer-Centric Healthcare Market

    The future of healthcare is shaped by convenience, personalization, and digital-first care. William Blair’s Ryan Daniels discusses how companies align with the new healthcare consumer and what’s driving value in the consumer-centric healthcare market.

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  • Client Focus

    Healthcare Information Technology Seeing Continued Strength

    William Blair Investment Banking directors share key insights on a market defined by regulation, resiliency, and rapid evolution.

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  • Brent Gledhill
    Client Focus

    CEO Perspective: Investing in the Future of Healthcare

    The transformation of the healthcare industry presents both promise and complexity. Brent Gledhill discusses what emerging healthcare themes mean for investors, donors, and consumers.

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  • Client Focus

    Maximize Your Wealth Strategy With an HSA

    A health savings account is a powerful tool that extends beyond managing healthcare costs. Understanding its structure is key to unlocking its full value.

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  • Client Focus

    How a Cancer Diagnosis Changed a Family Foundation’s Giving

    Learn how William Blair clients are engaging in multigenerational philanthropic giving to invest in research, advocacy, and patient education.

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  • Client Focus

    William Blair’s Expertise for Business Owners: Webinar Series

    William Blair’s Ryan DeVore and Matt Zimmer explore the evolving M&A landscape, preparing for life post-transaction, and more in the Business Owners Forum webinar series.

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  • Equity Research

    Monthly Macro: Energy Efficiency, Scarcity, and the Next Wave of Demand

    William Blair macro analyst Richard de Chazal and energy analyst Neal Dingmann discuss how rapid technological advances, shrinking inventories, and relentless demand—especially for natural gas—are reshaping the energy sector, driving new strategies and investment opportunities for the years ahead.

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