Greg South

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Financial Information Technologies, a portfolio company of TA Associates, in connection with its strategic investment from General Atlantic.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Brightly Software, Inc. (Brightly), a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (Clearlake), in connection with its sale to Siemens AG (Siemens) (FRA:SIE) for $1.575 billion of upfront cash consideration, along with $300 million in cash earn-out payments, for a total of $1.875 billion.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to DRB Systems, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in connection with its pending acquisition by Vontier (NYSE: VNT) for $965 million.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Zego, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in connection with its pending acquisition by Global Payments Inc.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 2020 Technologies, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in connection with its sale to Genstar Capital.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to ARCOS, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company, in connection with its pending acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Storable, Inc. (Storable), a portfolio company of Cove Hill Partners, in connection with a pending majority investment from EQT alongside existing investors, Cove Hill Partners and the Storable management team.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to 365 Retail Markets, a portfolio company of McCarthy Capital, in connection with its recapitalization by Providence Equity Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Syndigo, a portfolio company of The Jordan Company (TJC), in connection with its investment from Summit Partners.