As a leading underwriter of public offerings for middle-market companies, Baird’s innovative equity financing solutions support complex corporate strategies. Our global distribution capabilities and relationships extend our reach to identify an ideal group of investors around the world.

Our extensive transaction experience and knowledge of the equity capital markets allow us to provide differentiated, value-added insights, advice, positioning and execution that help lead to a successful transaction for our clients. We offer a wide array of equity financing and share repurchase services tailored to meet the unique market capitalization, liquidity and performance needs of our clients, including:

• Initial public offerings (IPOs)
• Follow-on offerings
• Registered direct placements
• Accelerated processes that utilize shelf registration statements
• Private investment in public equities (PIPEs)

Our investment banking professionals have a deep understanding of equity market dynamics and institutional investors’ perspectives. The ongoing service and long-standing relationships we maintain with a broad range of institutional investors give us unique insights when marketing a transaction. Baird’s comprehensive institutional equities platform, including top-ranked equity research, sales and corporate access along with our history of high-quality execution services, makes us a valuable partner for issuers and investors around the world.