Piper Sandler is a leading M&A advisor with a long history of serving clients. Our leadership position is driven by seasoned, sector-focused bankers delivering insightful advice and skilled transaction execution.

As a recognized market leader, we provide capital markets advisory and transaction execution services to growth companies. Our financing capabilities include debt securities, equity private placements, IPOs and follow-on offerings, at-the-market (ATM) offerings, CMFOs, RDs and PIPEs, convertible securities and lending through Piper Sandler Finance, LLC.

The private capital advisory group provides comprehensive, tailored solutions throughout an alternative investment manager’s full lifecycle. Our team operates across three core business lines: private fundraising, secondary capital and capital solutions. Our dedicated GP advisory group specializes in providing strategic advisory and capital raising services to leading alternative asset managers.

Our industry leading advisory team is focused on restructuring, reorganizations and other complex financial transactions for public, private and governmental clients.

We offer clients highly integrated trading and specialized investment services tailored to meet specific needs. Our core team has worked together for more than 20 years and solely focuses on providing support in all aspects of restricted stock transactions with thorough knowledge of SEC regulations.

The activist defense and shareholder engagement team advises companies and boards on complex shareholder situations, including critical transaction support, corporate governance matters, hostile approaches and shareholder activism. Our team helps clients proactively evaluate risks of potential activism, take steps to mitigate activist threats and defend against live activism campaigns.