Nick Lawler

Nick Lawler is a managing director and head of media relations at Piper Sandler. He is responsible for all aspects of communication with the media and is the primary contact for publications and broadcast networks.

Prior to the merger, he was a managing director and director of communications for Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. Lawler has significant experience in the financial communications industry. He has provided strategic counsel to a wide variety of financial services companies during his career, including investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms and global exchanges.

Before joining Sandler in 2015, Lawler was a senior executive at Intermarket Communications, where he managed accounts for the agency’s leading clients. He began his career at Sard Verbinnen & Co. providing communications support for mergers & acquisitions, management changes, crisis situations and long-term positioning programs. He also spent several years at Burson-Marsteller in the corporate and financial practice, representing large corporations and alternative asset managers.

Lawler received a bachelor’s degree in government and legal studies from Bowdoin College.