Tucker Laurens is a Managing Director in Financial Sponsors. He joined in 2021 to help start the Sponsor Coverage group alongside Sash Rentala.
Tucker has over 15 years of investment banking experience advising institutional investors and private equity firms on a complete suite of financial services.
Prior to joining the firm, Tucker spent his career at Stephens Inc. where he was an integral member of the Financial Sponsors Group as they grew their private equity business. He began at Stephens an analyst on the Industrial Distribution and Specialty Finance teams where he participated in a wide variety of M&A and capital raising transactions.
Tucker graduated with a BS in Business Administration with distinction from Washington & Lee University.
Select Recent Transactions
Served as financial advisor to Xanitos, a portfolio company of Angeles Equity Partners, on its sale to Bessemer Investors
December 2025
Served as financial advisor to Verity, a portfolio company of Resurgens Technology Partners, on its sale to TMX Group
October 2025
Served as financial advisor to Cotton Holdings on its sale to the Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies
October 2025
Served as financial advisor to AEA Investors on its acquisition of Pave America
September 2025
Served as financial advisor to G2 Secure Staff, a portfolio company of Tenex Capital, on its sale to Menzies Aviation
August 2025
Served as financial advisor to Unified Power, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, on its sale to Pearce Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
December 2024
Served as financial advisor to New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital on its strategic growth investment in Datassential
September 2024
Served as financial advisor to Platinum Equity on its acquisition of ASP Global
August 2024
Served as financial advisor to SOFIE Biosciences on its growth investment from Trilantic North America
June 2024
Served as financial advisor to MediaRadar on its acquisition of Kantar Group’s Vivvix
November 2023
Served as financial advisor to Zavation on its acquisition of CoreLink
June 2023
Served as financial advisor to Knox Lane on its acquisition of Ruppert Landscape
December 2022
Served as financial advisor to GTCR on its strategic investment in Senske Services
December 2022
Served as financial advisor to Freeman Spogli on its partnership with NearU Services
August 2022
Served as financial advisor to Ridgemont Equity Partners on its acquisition of Crete Mechanical Group
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Audax Private Equity on its acquisition of Thermogenics
June 2022
Served as financial advisor to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fairway Lawns
May 2022
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Adams Outdoor Advertising on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
November 2021
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