Christian Hodneland

Christian Hodneland, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Biopharma

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About Christian

Christian Hodneland is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. He joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2006. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Arsenal Medical, Surface Logix, and Merrill Lynch.

Board Membership

SAMDI Tech, Inc.

Notable Transactions

$915,000,000

a portfolio company of AGIC Capital

has been acquired by

William Blair in conjunction with its Asian affiliate, BDA Partners acted as exclusive financial advisors to The Ritedose Corporation, an AGIC Capital portfolio company, in connection with its pending sale to Novo Holdings.

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$200,000,025

Follow-on Offering

$230,000,000

has sold its consumer health assets to

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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Not Disclosed

an affiliate of Nationwide Children's Hospital

has received an investment from

a subsidiary of Danaher

$516,000,000

has been acquired by

$287,500,036

Follow-on Offering

$185,000,000

Animal Health Division

has been acquired by

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo Company plc (NYSE:PRGO), in connection with the pending sale of its animal health division to PetIQ, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETQ) for $185 million.

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$1,200,000,000

has been acquired by

Not Disclosed

has been acquired by

$51,750,000

Initial Public Offering

Not Disclosed

has been acquired by

Not Disclosed

has been acquired by

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Biopharma

The rapid and cost-effective development of innovative therapeutics and treatments is critical not just to public health, but to the functioning of society and economic activity. Leading drug developers, as well as their partners across the research, development, and manufacturing value chain, count on William Blair’s deep expertise in biopharma’s capital-raising and deal-making landscape.

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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.*

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1935

Year William Blair was founded

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1,950+

Employees worldwide

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132 billion+

Client assets

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89 Years

Independent and employee-owned

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20+

Offices worldwide

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~650

Companies under coverage

As of December 31, 2023
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.

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