Investment Banking Senior Analyst | Capital Markets

Business Unit:

Corporate Finance

Industry:

CM - Capital Markets Group

Overview

 Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services.

Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 investment bank for global M&A transactions under $1 billion, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past eight consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past nine consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv.

Corporate Finance

 Houlihan Lokey has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of U.S. and international clients. Our experience in M&A has earned us consistent recognition throughout the industry. In 2023, we were ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. transactions.

Capital Markets

 Our Capital Markets Group provides capital-raising services for a wide variety of clients, from large, publicly held, multinational corporations to privately held companies either sponsor-backed or founded and run by entrepreneurs. In partnership with our Industry Coverage teams and Financial Sponsors Group, we combine superior sector knowledge and relationships with significant expertise in structuring and syndicating financings.

We approach each transaction with the goal of creating a capital structure that enables our clients to achieve their strategic objectives with the best terms available in the market. Houlihan Lokey has acted as a placement agent, an underwriter, or a strategic advisor for a wide variety of financings, including private issuances of leveraged loans, mezzanine debt, and minority equity as well as public offerings of common stock, equity-linked securities, and high-yield bonds.

Job Description

Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group originates, structures, and executes private and public debt and equity financings on behalf of the firm’s corporate and private equity clients across numerous industries. In addition, the Capital Markets Group provides Sell-Side support to the Houlihan Lokey Industry Coverage teams sell-side processes by running Lender Education processes across all industry groups. Analysts work on leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions that provide exposure to various financing products, such as bank debt / senior loans, second-lien debt, unitranche debt, mezzanine debt and broadly syndicated loans.

Members of the Capital Markets Group work closely with a range of sponsor-backed clients, as well as with Houlihan Lokey’s industry coverage and M&A teams.

You will:

• Work side-by-side with a talented, dedicated staff of senior professionals who will provide broad exposure to the many different considerations affecting private debt and broadly syndicated loan financings in support of LBO’s for HL sell-side processes;

• Assist with evaluating and structuring financing alternatives to provide support for sell-side processes for private equity clients;

• Gain hands-on transaction experience by playing an integral role on deal teams from leverage reads for the initial pitch through closing;

• Directly interface with the capital providing community in relation to the due diligence process;

• Develop general corporate finance and due diligence skills relevant to raising capital, while building a detailed understanding of key developments and building and maintaining relationships in the debt capital markets

• Interact with a broad range of businesses across different industries.

• The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial and entrepreneurial, and, as such, rewards financial analysts with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of relevant work experience in similar roles within investment banking / private credit / private equity roles (credit underwriting, debt structuring and syndication, lending, or M&A experience preferred, but not required)

• Undergraduate degree (business/economics degree preferred, but not required) and/or MBA from a strong academic institution

• Top academic performer and a quick learner c