Financial Analyst - Capital Solutions (Equity Private Placements Team), New York

Business Unit:

Capital Solutions

Industry:

Capital Markets Group

Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, 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. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 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 LSEG.

Capital Solutions Overview

Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions 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.

Our Equity Private Placements practice, a dedicated team within the Equity Capital Solutions vertical of the broader Capital Solutions Group, originates, structures, and executes private financings. Members of the Equity Private Placements team work closely with a range of sponsor-backed, family-owned, public, and privately-owned clients, as well as with Houlihan Lokey’s industry coverage, M&A, and financial restructuring teams.

The Equity Private Placements team executes on a variety of private financing transactions, such as growth equity, structured equity, Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPEs), co-invest equity, and other minority equity placements for a variety of situations. Use of proceeds for these transactions include growth capital, acquisition financings, refinancings, dividend recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and special situations. 

The Equity Private Placements team is seeking to recruit an Analyst to join the team in New York, New York. The Analyst will be responsible for supporting Associates and senior bankers on the day-to-day aspects of equity private placement transaction and marketing efforts, and conducting broader administrative tasks required to facilitate the efficient running of the team and the broader Equity Capital Solutions Group.

You will:

• Work side-by-side with a talented, dedicated staff of seasoned capital raising professionals who will provide broad exposure to the many different considerations affecting private placement transactions;
• Assist with evaluating and structuring customized financing alternatives for a range of clients, including modeling, preparing marketing materials, and preparing structuring analysis, among other activities;
• Interact with a variety of investors, including venture capital funds, growth equity funds, private equity funds, hybrid capital funds, co-investment funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, asset managers, and family offices, as well as growth / venture debt providers;
• Gain hands-on transaction experience by playing an integral role on deal teams from the initial pitch through closing;
• Broaden your corporate finance and valuation skills relevant to raising capital, while building a detailed understanding of key developments in both the private and public capital markets;
• Interact with a broad range of businesses across different industries at different points in their corporate lifecycles, all with unique capital needs;
• Build relationships with and support the broader Equity Solutions Group as well as other sector teams across Houlihan Lokey to ensure close engagement between the Equity Private Placements Practice and the broader firm; and
• Play a key role in preserving and fostering our strong positive culture, including mentoring and training junior professionals.

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

Qualifications

The ideal candidate would possess the following qualities and background:

• One year of relevant work experience in similar roles within equity or debt capital markets, investment banking, and/or private equity
• Undergradu