Managing Director
Christoph Bornemann is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s Frankfurt office. He joined the investment banking team in 2017. Prior to William Blair, he worked for UBS and Commerzbank.
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English
has partnered with
a portfolio company of Capiton AG
August 2025
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to ICG on its pending financial partnership with Dec Group.
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has received a significant minority investment from
February 2025
has received a significant
equity investment from
June 2024
a portfolio company of Solix Group
has been acquired by
January 2024
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Svanehøj Group A/S, a portfolio company of Solix Group AB, in connection with its pending sale to ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) for a total enterprise value of approximately $400 million.
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a portfolio company of
Paragon Partners and Gimv
has been acquired by
January 2024
a portfolio company of ICG
has been acquired by
December 2022
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Garnica, a portfolio company of ICG, in connection with its pending sale to Carlyle.
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a portfolio company of Investindustrial
has sold its Compounds Business to
November 2022
William Blair acted as financial advisor to Benvic Group and Investindustrial in connection with the signing of a binding put option for the pending sale of Benvic’s compounds business to International Chemicals Investors Group.
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has been acquired by
April 2021
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Global Release Liners, S.L., the parent company of Industrias de Transformacion de Andoain, S.A. (ITASA), a portfolio company of the Iberian private equity investor Magnum Capital Industrial Partners, in connection with its pending sale to Neenah, Inc. (NYSE:NP).
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has been acquired by
February 2021
has been acquired by
September 2020
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