Howard Lanser

Howard Lanser is Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at G2 Capital Advisors overseeing the firm’s extensive capital markets platform. Howard has over 20 years of experience raising capital for financial sponsors, public companies, and private family / founder-owned businesses across numerous industries. Leveraging his extensive knowledge of capital markets and his deep relationships with lenders and investors, Howard has assisted clients with complex transactions across the financing spectrum including sell side and buy side M&A transactions, dividend recapitalizations, refinancings, and special situations.

In addition to his dedicated capital markets leadership at G2 Capital Advisors, Howard serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.

Prior to joining G2 Capital Advisors, Howard served as Managing Director, Co-Head of Debt Advisory for Robert W. Baird & Co. where he was responsible for the seamless execution of over 260 transactions, raising over $50 billion dollars globally. Howard began his financial career as an Associate in the investment banking departments of Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch. He was also a Financial Analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Howard earned his MBA degree with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and also graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame where he earned a BA degree in History and German.