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 2006, Baird's Financial Sponsor Group played an integral role on more than $50.3 billion worth of equity and M&A transactions.

Recent Transactions
2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007
 
 

2013
 Young Innovations   January 2013
Young Innovations, Inc. Sale to Linden Capital Partners
Undisclosed Value
     
 2012
DHS    December 2012
DHS Technologies LLC Recapitalization by Kanders & Company, Inc.
Undisclosed  Value
 Brady   December 2012
Brady Corporation Acquisition of Precision
Dynamics Corporation
Undisclosed  Value
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan    December 2012
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Acquisition of Plano Molding Company, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
 CleaverBrooks   December 2012
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. Sale to Harbour Group
Undisclosed  Value
LNK Partners    December 2012
LNK Partners Minority Growth Capital Investment in Beachbody, LLC
Undisclosed  Value
 Miller Heiman Inc.   November 2012
Miller Heiman, Inc. Sale to Providence Equity Partners LLC
Undisclosed  Value
 Insight Global   November 2012
Insight Global, Inc. Significant Investment by Ares Management LLC 
Undisclosed Value
 GCA Services Group, Inc.   November 2012
GCA Services Group, Inc. Sale to Blackstone Capital Partners 
Undisclosed  Value
 Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.   November 2012
Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. Initial Public Offering 
$142,500,000
 Peter Millar   October 2012
Peter Millar LLC Sale to Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA 
Undisclosed Value
 United Central   October 2012
United Central Industrial Supply Company LLC Acquisition of GHX Holdings, LLC
Undisclosed Value
 NES Global Talent   October 2012
NES Global Talent Sale to AEA Investors LP 
£234, 000, 000
 FCX Perfornamce   October 2012
FCX Performance, Inc. Sale to Harvest Partners
Undisclosed  Value
Berry Plastics Group    October 2012
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. Initial Public Offering 
$471,000,000
    September 2012
Interplast Packaging, Inc. Sale to Pactiv LLC 
Undisclosed  Value
 Synventive   August 2012
Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. Sale to Barnes Group Inc.
Undisclosed Value
 Focus Products Group   July 2012
Focus Products Group, LLC Sale to Centre Lane Partners, LLC
Undisclosed Value
 LIT Boyd   July 2012
LTI Boyd Sale to Snow Phipps Group
Undisclosed Value
 Qundis   June 2012
Qundis Management GmbH Sale to HgCapital
Undisclosed Value
 Filson   May 2012
Filson Holdings, Inc. Sale to Bedrock Manufacturing Co.
Undisclosed Value
 HD Supply   April 2012
HD Supply, Inc. Senior Secured Notes Offering
$1,625,000,000
 HD Supply
 
  March 2012
HD Supply Industrial PVF Sale to Shale-Inland Holdings LLC
$469,000,000
 Investcorp   March 2012
Investcorp Acquisition of GL Education Group
Undisclosed Value
 Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.   March 2012
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. Initial Public Offering
$600,300,000
 Quality Solutions, Inc.   February 2012
Quality Solutions, Inc. Recapitalization by
Gridiron Capital, LLC
Undisclosed Value
  February 2012
Milwaukee Gear Company Sale to
Regal Beloit Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Roundy's    February 2012
Roundy’s Inc. Initial Public Offering
Value: $187.5 Million
 Reynolds Packaging LLC   February 2012
Reynolds Packaging LLC Sale of Louisville Laminating business 
Undisclosed Value
Brooks Instrument, LLC January 2012
Brooks Instrument, LLC Sale to Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Undisclosed Value
2011
 Hoffmaster Group   December 2011
Hoffmaster Group, Inc. Sale to
Metalmark Capital, LLC
Undisclosed Value
 Glover Park Group   December 2011
The Glover Park Group Sale to WPP plc 
Undisclosed Value
 DTI   December 2011
Document Technologies, Inc. Sale to Harvest Partners L.P.
Undisclosed Value
 Telmar   December 2011
Telmar Network Technology, Inc. Sale to Jabil
Circuit Inc.
Undisclosed Value
OneSource    November 2011
OneSource Distributors, LLC Sale to Sonepar USA
Undisclosed Value
 BarrierSafe Solutions   November 2011
BarrierSafe Solutions International, Inc. Sale to
Odyssey Investment Partners
Undisclosed Value
Avison Young    October 2011
Avison Young Growth Capital Investment by
Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
 Implus   October 2011
Implus Corporation Sale from AEA Investors to
Trilantic Capital Partners
Undisclosed Value
Riverside    October 2011
EM Test Group Sale to AMETEK, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
 SunSource Holdings, Inc.   October 2011
SunSource Holdings, Inc. Sale to
Littlejohn & Co., LLC
Undisclosed Value
 Worldstrides   October 2011
WorldStrides, LLC Sale of Majority Interest to
The Carlyle Group
Undisclosed Value
 Access CIG   September 2011
Access CIG, LLC Equity Investment by
Summit Partners
Undisclosed  Value
 Woods   September 2011
Wood Equipment Company, A portfolio company of
Genstar Capital, Sale to Blount International, Inc.
$185,000,000
    August 2011
Remedi SeniorCare 
$300,000,000
 CamelBak Products   August 2011
CamelBak Products, LLC Sale from Irving Place Capital to Compass Diversified Holdings
$257,500,000
    August 2011
U.S. Security Associates Holdings, Inc. Sale to
GS Capital Partners 
Undisclosed Value
    August 2011
Boyd Corporation Sale to LTI Flexible Products
Undisclosed Value
    August 2011
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc.
$486,900,000
 Vanguard Health Systems   July 2011
Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.
$517,500,000
MPV July 2011
Medical Present Value, Inc. Sale to Experian plc
Undisclosed Value
 equitrac   June 2011
Equitrac Corporation Sale to Nuance Communications
$157,000,000
 MW   June 2011
MW Industries, Inc. Sale to Genstar Capital
Undisclosed Value
 Weasler   June 2011
Weasler Engineering, Inc. Sale to Actuant Corporation
$155,000,000
 Protocol Global Solutions May 2011
Protocol Global Solutions Sale to NCO Group
Undisclosed Value
TruGreen

April 2011

TruGreen LandCare, L.L.C. A subsidiary of The ServiceMaster Company

Undisclosed Value

 

Crosman Corporation April 2011
Crosman Corporation Sale from Pamlico Capital to Wellspring Capital Management
Undisclosed Value
Ryan Herco Flow Solutions April 2011
Ryan Herco Flow Solutions Sale to Greenbriar
Equity Group LLC
Undisclosed Value

April 2011

Summit Energy A Portfolio Company of
Weston Presidio
$268,000,000

Elster Group SE April 2011
Elster Group SE
$276,000,000
CareFusion March 2011
OnSite Services a division of CareFusion
Undisclosed Value
Southern Pharmacy Services February 2011
Southern Pharmacy Services Sale to Guardian Pharmacy
Undisclosed Value
Phoenix Equity Partners February 2011
Phoenix Equity Partners
Undisclosed Value
NeuroTherm February 2011
NeuroTherm, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Velosi

January 2011

Velosi Limited

Undisclosed Value

 

 

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2010
Eliassen Group December 2010
Eliassen Group
Undisclosed Value
Metro Door Inc. December 2010
Metro Door, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Snapware Corporation December 2010
Snapware Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Carribou Coffee December 2010
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Clinical Innovations, LLC

December 2010

Clinical Innovations, LLC

Undisclosed Value

 

 

MailSouth December 2010
MailSouth, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Phillips Plastics Corporation December 2010
Phillips Plastics Corporation
Undisclosed Value
BHI Energy November 2010
BHI Energy, inc.
Undisclosed Value
ATC Technology Corporation October 2010
ATC Technology Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Elster Group SE September 2010
Elster Group SE
$242,200,000
Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc.

October 2010

Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc.

Undisclosed Value

Ames True Temper, Inc. September 2010
Ames True Temper, Inc.
$542,000,000
Gordmans Stores, Inc. August 2010
Gordmans Stores, Inc. Initial Public Offering
Undisclosed Value
Engineered Controls International August 2010

Engineered Controls International, Inc. has been acquired by Sentinel Capital Partners
Undisclosed Value

Global Employment Solutions Professional Employer Organization
July 2010
Global Employment Solutions Professional
Employer Organization
Undisclosed Value
SterilMed, Inc. July 2010
SterilMed, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
R.G.RAY Corporation May 2010
R.G.RAY Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2010
Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.
$148,400,000
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. May 2010
Douglas Dynamics, Inc.
$129,400,000
Secure EDI April 2010
Secure EDI
Undisclosed Value
Quatrro BPO Solutions Ltd. April 2010
Quatrro BPO Solutions Ltd.
Undisclosed Value
Liberty Safe March 2010
Liberty Safe
Undisclosed Value
Provo Craft March 2010
Provo Craft
Undisclosed Value
Interactive Response Technologies, Inc. February 2010
Interactive Response Technologies, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Halcore Group February 2010
Halcore Group, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
 

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2009
Syntegra Capital December 2009
Syntegra Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Archipelago Learning November 2009
Archipelago Learning
$118,600,000
SPX Corporation October 2009
SPX Corporation
Undisclosed Value
primaeva October 2009
Primaeva Medical, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
MISTRAS Group Inc. October 2009
MISTRAS Group, Inc.
$125, 000, 000
PREMIUMcommunications Group July 2009
PREMIUMcommunications Group
Undisclosed Value
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2008

FCX Performance, Inc. October 2008
FCX Performance, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Avery Weight-Tronix Holdings Limited October 2008
Avery Weigh-Tronix Holdings Limited
Undisclosed Value
Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH October 2008
Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH
€71 million
Norwesco, Inc. September 2008
Norwesco, Inc., a portfolio company of Allied Capital Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Amafilter Group Holding B.V. September 2008
Amafilter Group Holding B.V.
Undisclosed Value
Industrial Distribution Group August 2008
Industrial Distribution Group, Inc.
$131,000,000
Illinois Tool Works August 2008
Unipac, a business unit of Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Undisclosed Value
GTI Diagnostics July 2008
GTI Diagnostics (Blood Center of Wisconsin Research Foundation)
Undisclosed Value
Primrose Holdings, Inc. June 2008
Primrose Holdings, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Chicago Partners, LLC May 2008
Chicago Partners, LLC
Undisclosed Value
PolyPore May 2008
Polypore
$192,700.000
Mormon Holdings, Inc. March 2008
Marmon Holdings, Inc.
$4,500,000,000
 

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2007

Alexander Mann Solutions December 2007
Alexander Mann Solutions
£100,000,000
PharMEDium November 2007
PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Syniverse November 2007
Snyniverse
$310,000,000
Conney Safety Products October 2007
Conney Safety Products, LLC
Undisclosed Value
TomoTheraphy Incorporated October 2007
TomoTherapy
$217,500,000
Obagi Medical Products Inc. October 2007
Obagi Medical Products Inc.
$144,900,000
MedAssist Holdings, Inc. September 2007
MedAssist Holding, Inc.
$330,000,000
Heartland Payment Systems September 2007
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
$167,200,000
American Capital Strategies, Limited September 2007
American Capital Strategies, Limited
$236,400,000
Woodstream Corporation August 2007
Woodstream Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Wilton Industries, Inc. August 2007
Wilton Industries, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
API Heat Transfer July 2007
API Heat Transfer
Undisclosed Value
ArchivesONE

May 2007
ArchivesOne, Inc.
Undisclosed Value

UTEX May 2007
UTEX Holding, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Active Minerals May 2007
Active Minerals
Undisclosed Value
TASI Holdings, Inc. May 2007
TASI Holdings, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
April 2007
A&A Manufacturing Company
Undisclosed Value
Illinois Tool Works April 2007
Quality measurement business of Illinois Tool Works
Undisclosed Value
The Hygenic Corporation April 2007
The Hygenic Corporation
Undisclosed Value
Vestcom International, Inc. April 2007
Vestcom International, Inc.
Undisclosed Value
Plano Molding Company February 2007
Plano Molding Company
Undisclosed Value
Industrial Controls January 2007
Industrial Controls Distributors
Undisclosed Value
RETEC Group, Inc. January 2007
The RETEC Group, Inc.
Undisclosed Value

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