Our global team of seasoned capital solutions experts deliver tailored debt and equity 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: Structuring and raising capital to fund leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, platform rollups and other inorganic growth
  • Growth Financing: Providing flexible capital solutions to fund expansion, strategic investment and value-creation initiatives
  • Liquidity Solutions: Facilitating stakeholder liquidity through secondary equity capital, dividend recaps and redemptions
  • Balance Sheet Optimization: Unlocking balance sheet flexibility for companies through refinancing, recapitalization and restructuring

Baird provides independent advice across the full spectrum of debt and equity financing and capital structure advisory services to achieve our clients' goals and optimize their capital structure. Our offerings include:

Debt Financing
  • Asset Based Facilities
  • Cash Flow Loans / Unitranche Financing
  • Junior Secured
  • Subordinated & Mezzanine Financing
Equity Private Capital
(Preferred or Common Equity)
  • Growth Equity / Late-Stage Venture Capital
  • Minority Recapitalizations
  • Structured Equity / Redeemable Preferred
  • Pre-IPO Crossover Rounds
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, Growth Equity and Venture Capital Funds: Growth-oriented investment partners
  • Family Offices and Pension Funds: Long-duration, patient capital sources
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds and Alternative Investors: Global opportunities for large-scale financing
  • Strategic Investors: Industry partners providing capital plus commercial reach and operational capabilities

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