Director, Consumer Products & Services
John Clifford is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. He joined the investment banking team in 2016. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Allier Capital and Macquarie Capital.
It Takes a Village Chicago
a portfolio company of HGGC
has been acquired by
December 2025
William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Better Being Co., a portfolio company of HGGC, in connection with its sale to a syndicate of global investors led by Snapdragon Capital Partners, LLC.
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has been acquired by
a portfolio company of ACON Investments
August 2024
a portfolio company of BPOC
has been acquired by
June 2024
William Blair acted as financial advisor to Health-E Commerce, a portfolio company of BPOC, in connection with its sale to H.I.G. Capital.
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has merged with
May 2022
William Blair served as financial advisor and capital markets advisor to Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: HYAC), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in connection with its merger with Biote.
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has been acquired by
December 2021
has sold its consumer health assets to
July 2021
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Akorn, Inc. in connection with the pending sale of its Consumer Health business to Prestige Consumer Healthcare.
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Initial Public Offering
July 2021
has been acquired by
August 2020
has been acquired by
August 2019
has been acquired by
July 2019
Term Loan B
December 2017
has been acquired by
November 2017
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