Houlihan Lokey’s dealmaking business faces a new kind of squeeze as cheaper tech tools and fast-growing private lenders make it easier for clients to skip traditional advisors. At the same time, tougher oversight and heavy reliance on star rainmakers could add costs and volatility—even as global expansion and deep expertise might keep growth humming.Read more
Houlihan Lokey could get a lift if dealmaking picks up and more companies need help with complex cross-border transactions, while its push into private-market and alternative-asset advisory may open new lines of business. The flip side is that new tech, tougher rules, and bigger rivals could squeeze fees and slow growth if the deal cycle turns the wrong way.Read more
Houlihan Lokey looks set to benefit as more companies need help with complex deals and tough balance-sheet decisions, while it keeps widening its services and reaching more clients around the world. The big question is whether dealmaking stays strong enough to cover its high people costs and keep top rainmakers from walking out the door.Read more
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides merger and acquisition (M&A), capital market, financial restructurings and liability management, and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Corporate Finance (CF), Financial Restructuring (FR), and Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA). The CF segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions, including financial sponsors on buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, debt and equity financings in both the private and public markets, and other corporate finance transactions. The FR segment advises debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. This segment also provides a range of advisory services, such as structuring, negotiation, and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; liability management transactions; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The FVA segment provides valuation services to companies; debt and equity interests comprising illiquid investments; and other assets and liabilities. This segment also offers fairness opinions in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other transactions; solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations; other types of financial opinions; and diligence, tax, transaction accounting, and other financial advisory services, as well as dispute resolution services. It serves corporations, financial sponsors, and government agencies. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
