CURTIS S. LANE, Senior Managing Director
Curtis Lane founded MTS in March of 2000 after realizing the value and need for a dedicated healthcare-focused merchant banking effort. Previously he had been with Evercore Capital Partners, a New York-based investment and M&A advisory boutique with over $1.2 billion under management. From 1986 to 1998, Mr. Lane led one of the most active healthcare investment banking groups on Wall Street, completing 107 financing transactions with an aggregate value of $17.4 billion and 56 M&A and advisory assignments with an aggregate value of $20.4 billion over the last five years under Mr. Lane's leadership. In his position as head of healthcare investment banking at Bear Stearns, Mr. Lane either directly handled or oversaw numerous financing and advisory transactions across all segments of healthcare. Mr. Lane advised and financed companies through all stages of their development and maturation, ranging from private equity placements to public offerings of debt and equity securities. His particular focus was on the initiation and consummation of strategic M&A transactions within the context of an overall investment banking relationship. Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 1985, Mr. Lane worked in the Corporate Finance department of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc. as a generalist investment banker. He became a Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns in 1990. Mr. Lane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 and earned his MBA from The Wharton School in 1980.
Mr. Lane presently serves as a Director of Alliance Healthcare Services, Novis Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC and Senior Home Care, Inc. Philanthropically, Mr. Lane has been active in numerous charitable organizations. He was President of the Lifeline Center for Child Development and now serves as a Board Member of America's Camp. He is a member of the Board and Executive Committee of PENN Medicine, which is the hospital system and Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania and was previously a Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board.
