Mark Birkett
Managing Director, Leveraged Finance
About Mr. Birkett
Mark Birkett is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. He originally joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2011 and rejoined in 2021. Before joining William Blair, he worked for Raytheon, GE Antares Capital, and Livingstone Partners.
Notable Transactions
- Motion & Control Enterprises - acquisition financing for Frontenac Partners portfolio company
- Design House - acquisition financing for privately held company
- Northwest Pallet - acquisition financing for Huron Capital portfolio company
- Alberio Energy - acquisition financing for Huron Capital portfolio company
- Hastings Manufacturing - acquisition financing for RFE Partners portfolio company
- Trienda Holdings - acquisition financing for privately held company
- Android Industries - growth capital for privately held company
- Challenge Manufacturing - growth capital for privately held company
- Zeta Interactive - growth capital for privately held company
- Zotec Partners - acquisition financing for privately held company
Rigorous pursuit of your success. Every transaction. Every time.
Our investment bankers are 100 percent committed to your organization’s sustained success. By drawing on our deep industry and product experience as well as our dedicated global resources, we provide advisory and financing services that allow you to capitalize on today’s opportunities and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges.
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Leveraged Finance
William Blair's leveraged finance team has extensive experience arranging all types of leveraged loans for sponsor-backed, non-sponsored, and public clients. We provide trusted, objective advice on how best to structure debt issues, and we are skilled at negotiating key terms of debt agreements.
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About William Blair
William Blair is a premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*
Year William Blair was founded
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As of March 31, 2022
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.