CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 01, 2026-- William Blair today announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Inner Circle Sports, a leading boutique investment bank focused on the global sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem. The transaction expands William Blair's investment banking platform and underscores the firm's continued commitment to building advisory and capital markets capabilities aligned with long-term client needs. Inner Circle Sports will continue to operate with its same name for a period of time post-acquisition. Founded in 2002, Inner Circle Sports is a trusted advisor across the sports, media, and entertainment space, serving team owners, leagues, investors, sports operating companies, municipalities, universities, and media and entertainment companies. Inner Circle Sports advises clients across the full lifecycle of sports, media, and entertainment investments, including buy-side and sell-side M&A, limited partner transactions, capital raising, valuations, and debt financing. About William Blair William Blair is the premier global partnership 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 30 offices worldwide. See: https://www.williamblair.com/ *Includes strategic alliances with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Equity Ltd. About Inner Circle Sports Inner Circle Sports is a boutique investment bank focused on the global sports, media and entertainment industry. We specialize in corporate finance and capital raising services, including buy-side and sell-side advisory, acquisition and facility financing as well as valuation and consulting services to our global client base. Our vertical focus, industry expertise and network of relationships have made us the global leader in sports, media and entertainment finance. See: https://www.innercirclesports.com

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