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Tom Marking

Tom Marking

Director, Private Capital Advisory

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About Tom

Tom Marking is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s New York office. He joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2022. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Evercore, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse.

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    has made a minority equity
    investment in existing
    portfolio company

    March 2023

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    Private Capital Advisory

    William Blair has extensive experience providing private equity firms with leading advice and execution across M&A, capital raising, and other strategic transactions. Our team of experts provides financial sponsors and their investors with holistic, bespoke solutions across all stages of the private equity lifecycle. Our Private Capital Advisory team works closely with our industry bankers, M&A Advisory group, and capital markets professionals to provide thoughtful insights and creative solutions designed to optimize client outcomes.

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    Financial Sponsors

    William Blair's Financial Sponsors Group is focused on developing and institutionalizing relationships with leading private equity firms around the world. Many of these relationships have been developed for over two decades providing us with senior-level access and credibility with the key decision-makers at each private equity firm. With over 295 successful sales to financial sponsors since 2015, we have proprietary insights into each financial sponsor's unique investment criteria, approach, and behavior. Our team's highly-relevant experience with and relevance to the private equity community uniquely positions William Blair to deliver exceptional results for our M&A sell-side clients.

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    About William Blair

    William Blair is a premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*

    • 1935

      Year William Blair was founded

    • 1,900+

      Employees worldwide

    • 149 billion+

      Client assets

    • 89 Years

      Independent and employee-owned

    • 20+

      Offices worldwide

    • ~650

      Companies under coverage

    As of September 30, 2024
    *Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.

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