Director, Financial Sponsors Group
Talbott Baldwin is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. He joined the investment banking team in 2021. Before William Blair, he worked for DC Advisory, D.A. Davidson, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Chicago Foundation for Education
a portfolio company of Heartwood Partners
has been acquired by
December 2025
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Sur-Seal, LLC, a portfolio company of Heartwood Partners, in connection with its sale to Brodie Generational Capital Partners.
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a portfolio company of Endeavour Capital
has received a majority
stake investment from
October 2025
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to ENTEK Technology Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Endeavour Capital, in connection with today’s announcement that I Squared Capital has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in the company.
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has acquired
May 2025
has been acquired by
May 2025
a partner company of
Seidler Equity Partners
has partnered with
February 2025
has been acquired by
October 2024
has been acquired by
March 2024
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Atmos Technologies in connection with its sale to Insight Equity.
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has been acquired by
January 2024
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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has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
Pritzker Private Capital
March 2023
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CENTAURI Technologies, LP in connection with its sale to Aurorium, a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital.
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a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners
has been acquired by
November 2021
has been acquired by
August 2021
William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Aurora Plastics, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, in connection with its sale to Nautic Partners.
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William Blair's Financial Sponsors Group is focused on developing and institutionalizing relationships with leading private equity firms around the world. Many of these relationships have been developed for over two decades providing us with senior-level access and credibility with the key decision-makers at each private equity firm. With over 295 successful sales to financial sponsors since 2015, we have proprietary insights into each financial sponsor's unique investment criteria, approach, and behavior. Our team's highly-relevant experience with and relevance to the private equity community uniquely positions William Blair to deliver exceptional results for our M&A sell-side clients.
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