Our global team of seasoned capital solutions experts deliver tailored financing and capital structure solutions to meet the unique needs of our clients. By partnering with Baird’s industry-leading teams, we provide comprehensive advisory services that empower sponsor-backed, founder/family-owned, and public companies to achieve their financial goals. Our independent, unbiased advice is grounded in rigorous analysis and a thorough evaluation of all available financing alternatives, ensuring optimal outcomes for our clients.

Baird’s experienced team has a strong track record of delivering successful outcomes across a wide range of transaction objectives, including:

  • Acquisition Financing: Supporting management and leveraged buyouts, industry rollup platforms and independent sponsors with customized financing solutions
  • Growth Financing: Facilitating platform company financing, joint venture funding and project financing to fuel expansion
  • Liquidity Solutions: Providing stakeholder liquidity through dividend recaps, redemptions and management-led secondary monetizations
  • Balance Sheet Optimization: Unlocking balance sheet flexibility for companies through refinancing, recapitalization and restructuring

Baird provides a full spectrum of financing and capital structure advisory services to optimize our clients’ capital structure. Our offerings include:

Financing
  • Asset Based Facilities
  • Cash Flow Loans / Unitranche Financing
  • Junior Secured
  • Subordinated & Mezzanine Financing
  • Structured Equity / Hybrid Capital / Equity-Linked (convertible debt, preferred, warrants)
  • Traditional Equity Private Placements (convertible preferred, pari passu equity, PIPEs)
Capital Structure Advisory
  • Liability Management
  • Consents and Amendments
  • Debt and Equity Exchanges
  • Distressed M&A
  • Special Situations Financing
  • Court-Administered Processes
Baird ‘s strong relationships with a diverse pool of investors ensures that our clients secure capital solutions that align with their strategic objectives. These investors include: 
  • Bank and non-Bank Lenders: Traditional and alternative lending sources
  • Private Credit and Hedge Funds:  Flexible capital tailored to specific client needs
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital: Growth-oriented investment partners
  • Family Offices and Pensions: Long-term, stable capital sources
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds and Strategic Investors: Global opportunities for large-scale financing