has partnered with
a portfolio company of Instar
Managing Director, Head of Aerospace / Defense & Government Services
Gordie Vap is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s Charlotte office. He joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2017. Prior to William Blair, he worked for the United States Air Force, Edgeview Partners, and Blackarch Partners.
Federal Resources Supply Company
Composite Resources
has partnered with
a portfolio company of Instar
a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus
has been acquired by
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of SAR Trilogy and Redbird Capital
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Epps Aviation in connection with its sale to Aero Centers, a portfolio company of SAR-Trilogy and RedBird Capital.
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has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
Arcline Investment Management
William Blair acted as financial advisor to Hermetic Solutions Group, a portfolio company of Windjammer Capital Investors, in connection with its sale to Qnnect, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management.
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a portfolio company of Blackstone, Global Infrastructure Partners and Cascade Investment
William Blair acted as the sole financial advisor to Truman Arnold Company’s FBO Network (TAC Air) in connection with its outright sale of all operations to Signature Flight Support (Signature), a portfolio company of Blackstone, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Cascade Investments, and subsequently as the sole financial advisor to Signature in its divestiture of three overlapping TAC Air locations to Atlantic Aviation, a portfolio company of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR).
Read morea portfolio company of Blackstone, Global Infrastructure Partners and Cascade Investments
has divested three FBO locations to
a portfolio company of KKR
a portfolio company of
NexPhase Capital Partners
has been acquired by
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Hawthorne Global Aviation Services (Hawthorne), a portfolio company of NexPhase Capital, in connection with its sale to NOVA Infrastructure Management and Wafra Real Assets & Infrastructure.
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AE Industrial Partners
has merged with
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BigBear.ai, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, in connection with its pending merger with GigCapital4, Inc. (NYSE: GIGGU).
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William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Federal Resources Supply Company in connection with its sale to Noble Supply and Logistics.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SiOnyx, a privately held company, in connection with its sale to DC Capital Partners.
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has been acquired by
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