Director, Technology
David Oliver is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s Atlanta office. He joined William Blair’s investment banking team in 2020. Prior to William Blair, he worked for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Mergers and Acquisitions – 2022 Deal of the Year for the Middle Market – Global Payments' acquisition of Zego
has agreed to be acquired by
Pending
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to AccuLynx in connection with its pending acquisition by Verisk Analytics.
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has made a strategic investment in
a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners
April 2024
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Nordic Capital in connection with its strategic investment in One Inc, a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners.
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has made a growth
equity investment in
a portfolio company of Columbia Capital
January 2024
a subsidiary of Sphere, a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of JMI Equity
December 2023
a portfolio company of
Waud Capital Partners
has divested its Commercial Division to
a portfolio company of Insight Partners, Francisco Partners, and Great Hill Partners
September 2023
a portfolio company of TA Associates
has received a strategic
investment from
June 2023
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Financial Information Technologies, a portfolio company of TA Associates, in connection with its strategic investment from General Atlantic.
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has been acquired by
April 2022
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to DadeSystems, a portfolio company of Ten Coves Capital, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Fifth Third Capital Partners and Ocean Azul Partners, in connection with its sale to Versapay, a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners.
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a portfolio company of Serent Capital
has received a strategic growth investment from
December 2021
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BirchStreet Systems, a portfolio company of Serent Capital, in connection with its strategic growth investment from Parthenon Capital.
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a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners
has been acquired by
October 2021
William Blair acted as financial advisor to MineralTree, a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners, in connection with its acquisition by Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) for $500 million.
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a portfolio company of Luminate and ICONIQ
has received a growth investment from
September 2021
a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners
has been acquired by
June 2021
William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Zego, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in connection with its pending acquisition by Global Payments Inc.
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a portfolio company of Health Enterprise Partners
has been acquired by
April 2021
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