Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jamil Ali is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm's Chicago office. Jamil leads public company coverage and execution for businesses positioned within the industrials and consumer & retail sectors. He has more than 18 years of experience advising companies on matters involving corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business separations, sales, shareholder engagement, capital structure, and capital allocation. Prior to William Blair, Jamil worked at Lazard, Citi, and ABN Amro in Chicago, New York, and London.
Jamil holds an M.B.A., with high distinction, from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He graduated magna cum laude with his B.S.B.A. in finance and accounting from Washington University in St. Louis.
has divested its
U.S. Car Wash Business to
a portfolio company of
Oaktree Capital Management
April 2025
the parent company of Milacron
has sold a
51% majority interest to
March 2025
William Blair acted as financial advisor to Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) in connection with a pending majority interest sale of its subsidiary company, Milacron, to Bain Capital.
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has acquired
May 2024
a portfolio company of
Garnett Station Partners
has acquired
October 2023
has been acquired by
October 2023
has acquired
a portfolio company of
Industrial Growth Partners
June 2023
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) in connection with its pending acquisition of ASPEQ Heating Group, a portfolio company of Industrial Growth Partners.
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a subsidiary of Vontier Corporation
has been acquired by
April 2023
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Vontier Corporation on the sale of its subsidiary, Global Traffic Technologies, LLC, to Miovision.
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Senior Term Loan
February 2023
has merged with
December 2022
William Blair & Company acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CarLotz (Nasdaq: LOTZ) in connection with its pending merger with Shift Technologies (Nasdaq: SFT).
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has acquired
a portfolio company of 3i Group
May 2022
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Datwyler Holding AG (SWX:DAE) in connection with its pending acquisition of QSR from Q Holding Company, a portfolio company of 3i Group plc.
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has received a minority investment from
December 2021
William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to We Are The Chompians, LLC in connection with its minority investment from Stride Consumer Partners LLC.
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