Financial Sponsor Group

Baird's Financial Sponsor Group is dedicated to developing and maintaining long-term relationships with the industry's leading middle-market private equity firms. Our team combines its deep understanding of the private equity community with Baird's comprehensive capital markets capabilities and industry expertise to maximize value for our middle-market clients.

With a dedicated group of senior professionals, the Financial Sponsor Group is uniquely positioned to serve middle-market private equity firms on an international basis. Industry insight and a global perspective allow our senior professionals in each office to offer comprehensive coverage and proprietary investment ideas to the financial sponsor community. Since 2004, Baird's Financial Sponsor Group played an integral role on more than $5 billion worth of equity and M&A transactions.

Recent Transactions

2008 | 2007 | 2006

		October 2008 FCX Performance, Inc. Undisclosed value
		October 2008 Avery Weigh-Tronix Holdings Limited Undisclosed value
		October 2008 Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH €71 million
		September 2008 Norwesco, Inc., a portfolio company of Allied Capital Corporation Undisclosed value
		September 2008 Amafilter Group Holding B.V. Undisclosed value
		August 2008 Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. $131,000,000
		August 2008 Unipac, a business unit of Illinois Tool Works Inc. Undisclosed Value
		July 2008 GTI Diagnostics (Blood Center of Wisconsin Research Foundation) Undisclosed Value
		June 2008 Primrose Holdings, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		May 2008 Chicago Partners, LLC $73,000,000
		May 2008 Polypore $192,700.000
		March 2008 Marmon Holdings, Inc. $4,500,000,000
		December 2007 Alexander Mann Solutions £100,000,000
		November 2007 PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation Undisclosed Value
		November 2007 Snyniverse $310,000,000
		October 2007 Conney Safety Products, LLC $48,000,000
		October 2007 TomoTherapy $217,500,000
		October 2007 Obagi Medical Products Inc. $144,900,000
		September 2007 MedAssist Holding, Inc. $330,000,000
		September 2007 Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. $167,200,000
		September 2007 American Capital Strategies, Limited $236,400,000
		August 2007 Woodstream Corporation Undisclosed Value
		August 2007 Wilton Industries, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		August 2007 Oakleaf Global Holdings, Inc. $655,000,000
		July 2007 API Heat Transfer Undisclosed Value
		May 2007 ArchivesOne, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		May 2007 UTEX Holding, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		May 2007 Active Minerals Undisclosed Value
		May 2007 TASI Holdings, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		April 2007 A&A Manufacturing Company Undisclosed Value
		April 2007 Quality measurement business of Illinois Tool Works Undisclosed Value
		April 2007 The Hygenic Corporation Undisclosed Value
		April 2007 Vestcom International, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		February 2007 Plano Molding Company Undisclosed Value
		January 2007 Industrial Controls Distributors Undisclosed Value
		January 2007 The RETEC Group, Inc. Undisclosed Value
		December 2006 Dayton Superior $94,200,000
		November 2006 Trek Diagnostic Systems Undisclosed Value
		November 2006 WYKO Holdings Limited $260,000,000
		October 2006 Financial Dynamics International Limited $260,000,000
		September 2006 The Richardson Group Undisclosed Value
		May 2006 William Scotsman $228,100,000

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