Baird (Robert W. Baird & Co.) was founded in Milwaukee in 1919 and is employee-owned. It's a middle-market bank with a solid M&A business in the US and a European banking team, including in London.
Two things worth knowing
- Employee-owned firms often feature in "best places to work" lists. Baird has done well in those. That's not a reason to apply on its own, but it's a fair thing to mention if culture matters to you, and it does to most people working analyst hours.
- Mid-market deals with private equity and family-owned businesses, across industrials, consumer, healthcare and technology.
On the CV
The middle-market basics: deal work with numbers, modelling you can defend, a leadership role with a result, specific interests. For US roles, add your GPA if strong and follow the earlier US timeline.