LKQ Corporation has agreed to acquire Sator Beheer, a distributor of auto parts, tools and equipment headquartered in Schiedam, the Netherlands, for approximately $268 million. Baird acted as the sole financial advisor to LKQ on the deal, which is still subject to customary closing conditions. The sellers were H2 Equity Partners, a private equity firm, and Sator management.

International financial services firm Baird has promoted Steve Booth to chief operating officer. Booth takes on the new role in addition to his current responsibilities as director of investment banking and co-head of Baird’s equity capital markets business. The plan calls for Booth to eventually succeed Baird chairman, president & CEO Paul Purcell.

International financial services firm Baird has appointed Satoshi Matsumoto to the firm’s investment banking group as a managing director and director of Japan mergers & acquisitions. In the newly created role, Matsumoto will work with Baird’s investment bankers to coordinate the firm’s M&A activity between Japanese businesses and companies based in the US, Europe and other parts of Asia. He will be based in the firm’s Chicago office.

Asset management firm Baird has added Adam M. Lefkowitz as a director to the firm’s real estate investment banking team. He will work in Baird’s McLean, Virginia office.

Asset management firm Baird has appointed Owen L. Hart as managing director in its M&A practice. An investment banker with 25 years of advisory experience, Hart will support Baird’s M&A activities across multiple sectors, including consumer, technology, business services and real estate. He will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. PRESS RELEASE Baird, [...]

Baird, an employee-owned, international investment banking, private equity, wealth and asset management firm, is set to appoint Paul Bail as a managing director to its investment banking team in London. Bail will officially join Baird on Feb. 1. PRESS RELEASE Baird, an employee-owned, international investment banking, private equity, wealth and asset management firm, is set [...]

Asset management firm Baird has appointed Chris Harned as a managing director on its M&A team in its investment banking group in Milwaukee. Boasting 27 years of experience, Harned will support Baird’s advisory practice across its global platform and help build the firm’s M&A practice in the food and beverage sector. PRESS RELEASE Baird, an [...]

International asset management, capital markets, private equity, and wealth management firm Baird, has established a new small/mid cap equity team led by Michelle Stevens, a small cap value investor. Stevens and her team will manage institutional and individual equity portfolios. PRESS RELEASE Baird, an employee-owned, international asset management, capital markets, private equity, and wealth management [...]

Private equity, wealth and asset management firm Baird has added Steven Goldberg as Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking. Goldberg was most recently the group head of real estate investment banking at FBR Capital Markets. He will be based in McLean, Va.

Steven Goldberg has joined Baird as an MD and head of real estate investment banking. Goldberg was most recently group head of real estate investment banking at FBR Capital Markets. He will be based in McLean, Va.