Our Senior Team

Curt Launer

Curt Launer

Senior Advisor New York

Biography

Curt Launer is a Senior Advisor at Moelis & Company, where he advises midstream energy clients. He has over 35 years of experience in the energy sector as an equity research analyst, investment banker, and principal investor.

Curt is a co-founder of Bakken Energy, a developer of natural gas-fueled power generation and related infrastructure. He previously led teams at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse, Sagent Advisors, and Deutsche Bank and was a principal at American Energy Partners, where he originated and participated in over $30 billion in mergers and acquisitions and more than $50 billion in equity and debt capital raising.

Curt began his career at DLJ as an equity research analyst covering natural gas, pipelines, and midstream infrastructure. During this time, he was the No. 1-ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for 12 years and was inducted into the “Institutional Investor Hall of Fame.” Curt holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Our Strategic Alliances

MA Moelis Australia

Moelis & Company provides investment banking advice in Australia through our strategic alliance with MA Moelis Australia, the Corporate Advisory and Equities division of MA Financial Group, an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firm. MA Moelis Australia provides financial advice for clients across M&A and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets, capital structure advisory, equities research and trading.

Learn more about MA Moelis Australia here.

Learn more about MA Financial Group here.

Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C.

Moelis & Company has a strategic alliance with Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C. (“ADS”), the leading independent strategic and financial advisory firm in Mexico, to provide advisory services to our global client base with a focus on Mexican cross-border transactions. Founded in 2003, ADS advises a select number of clients on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and financial restructurings.

Learn more about ADS team here.