Franziska Laepple
Senior Client Relationship Manager, Europe
About Franziska
Franziska Laepple is a senior institutional relationship manager for William Blair Investment Management. In this role, she is responsible for pan-European client relationship management. Before joining William Blair in 2020, Franziska was a client director at Ninety One (formerly Investec Asset Management), where she managed client relationships in Germany and Austria. Before that, Franziska was a director of alternatives business development for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) at AllianceBernstein; in that role, she was responsible for developing the firm’s alternatives offerings for institutional clients. Before that, Franziska worked in a number of client relationship roles at AllianceBernstein, serving institutional and advisory clients in continental Europe and the United Kingdom since 2005. Franziska received an M.A. from the University of Passau.
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1935Year William Blair was founded
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1,900+Employees worldwide
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139 billion+Client assets
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90 YearsIndependent and employee-owned
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20+Offices worldwide
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~650Companies under coverage
As of March 31, 2025
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.