Peter Buck is a managing director in the financial services group at Piper Sandler.

Previously, he was a managing director in the investment banking group of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. where he provided merger and acquisition, capital raising and overall strategic planning advice for financial institutions nationwide.  While with Sandler O’Neill, Buck helped clients structure over 50 M&A transactions and was involved in numerous capital raising transactions.

Recent representative transactions include First Foundation Inc.’s $150 million offering of subordinated notes, FinWise Bancorp’s $42 million IPO, American River Bankshares’ $135 million sale to Bank of Marin Bancorp, SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific Bancorp and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.’s $3.5 billion sale to Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners.

Buck graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

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