Tony Colarusso
Managing Director, Financial Sponsors Group
Tony is a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Morgan Stanley. He joined the Firm in 2006.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked in the Leveraged Finance Group at Lehman Brothers and previously practiced corporate law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Tony has worked on a number of notable transactions, including:
- Crosby LBO by KKR (pending)
- Coinmach LBO by Pamplona
- Third Point Re IPO
- Leveraged recap of Syncreon by Centerbridge
- Del Monte LBO by KKR, Vestar and Centerview
- Cerberus/Albertson’s acquisition of SuperValu grocery banners
- Alliant LBO by KKR
- Capital Safety LBO by KKR
- MEG Energy IPO by Warburg Pincus
- RegionalCare acquisition of Essent Healthcare
- Covis Pharma’s acquistion of Sanofi drug portfolio
- Hillman Group LBO by Oak Hill Capital
- Targa Resources IPO by Warburg Pincus
- National CineMedia IPO by a consortium of sponsors
- Serena Software LBO by Silver Lake Partners
- Reynolds American’s acquisition of the Conwood Companies from the Pritzker family
- Dresser-Rand Group IPO by First Reserve
- Vanguard Health Systems LBO by the Blackstone Group
- UGS PLM LBO by Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus
Tony received a BA, with honors, from Vanderbilt University and a JD, with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center where he was an editor of the Law Review.
He currently resides in New York City with his wife Alice and daughter Scarlett.