William Blair hired Daniel Budde as a senior director in the firm’s private capital advisory team. Budde is based in Boston and focused on fund placement and secondary advisory. Before joining William Blair, Budde was a senior managing director at Manulife Investment Management.
William Blair continued the expansion of the firm’s private capital advisory investment banking practice with the addition of two senior hires, as Matthew Flynn joined the company as managing director and Hudson Collins joined as a director.
William Blair expanded the firm’s private capital advisory investment banking practice into the primary fund placement market with the addition of three senior hires. Jeff Hypes joined as managing director in Chicago, and Nick Ohler and Andrew Viehe joined as directors in New York.
William Blair continued its private capital advisory team growth with the addition of Jake Stuiver. Stuiver brings a decade of secondary advisory experience and has advised on more than $12 billion of LP-led secondaries.
William Blair added Gage Alpert to the Private Capital Advisory investment banking practice. Alpert joins as a director in New York, where he will work with clients on secondary solutions and direct equity capital-raising.
William Blair launched its private capital advisory practice. Mike Custar joined the firm as a managing director and head of private capital advisory in New York to lead the practice. Custer will be joined by Quinn Kolberg and a team of secondaries experts who will be responsible for GP-led secondaries.