Houlihan Lokey announced today that Michael Schwartz has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in New York, Mr. Schwartz will support and enhance the firm’s private capital financing efforts across all industry...
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April 09, 2024, 08:02 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced an additional expansion of its Private Funds Group (PFG) with the appointment of a team of four managing directors from Greenhill & Co. to significantly strengthen its U.S. Primary practice. The additions establish Houlihan...
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April 05, 2024, 07:52 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Abhishek Jain has joined its Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice as a Managing Director. Mr. Jain, based in Chicago, will further strengthen the firm’s financial due diligence capabilities, with a primary focus...
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April 01, 2024, 09:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey anounced that Val Shapiro has joined the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group as a Managing Director to support and expand the team’s credit coverage efforts, focusing on alternative asset managers, hedge funds, credit funds, and...
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March 27, 2024, 09:09 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Brent Shepherd has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in Chicago, Shepherd will co-lead the firm’s Healthcare Capital Markets efforts alongside Managing Director Neha Shah. Shepherd joins...
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March 12, 2024, 07:51 AM
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A&G Real Estate Partners has retained the real estate group at Houlihan Lokey to assist the Company in its efforts to seize fast-emerging opportunities in today’s turbulent commercial real estate markets. The global investment bank is actively...
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February 16, 2024, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Michael Hommeyer has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in New York, Hommeyer will spearhead a new syndicate function that focuses on expanding the firm’s investor coverage, distribution...
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January 23, 2024, 07:45 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that both Dudley Baker and Kerr Robertson have joined the firm’s Healthcare Group as Managing Directors. Baker is based in Dallas covering healthcare information technology (HCIT), while Robertson is based in Charlotte...
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January 05, 2024, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced a major expansion of its Private Funds Group to establish the Group as one of the preeminent global private capital advisory platforms.The firm has agreed to acquire Triago Management Development (Triago), a global...
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December 21, 2023, 08:03 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Keith Kushin has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Transaction Opinions and Board Advisory practices. Kushin is based in New York and will expand the firm’s transaction opinions services for its clients in...
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December 19, 2023, 07:46 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Rob Kordas has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Industrials Group. Kordas is based in Chicago and will lead coverage of the energy field services and equipment sector. Kordas joins from RBC Capital Markets...
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December 14, 2023, 07:37 AM
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Houlihan Lokey launched a new practice within the firm’s Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA) business to provide clients with strategic counsel on sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and to assist boards of...
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September 06, 2023, 08:02 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Jonathan Jameson has joined as a Managing Director in the firm’s Private Funds Group. Jameson is based in New York and will expand and strengthen the Group’s coverage of general and limited partners in North America....
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July 20, 2023, 07:58 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Nick Pavlidis has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Consumer, Food & Retail Group. Pavlidis will focus on the consumer household sector, further strengthening the firm’s coverage for its corporate and...
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July 18, 2023, 07:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey has agreed to acquire 7 Mile Advisors (7MA), an independent advisory firm that provides a range of investment banking services to clients across the IT services sector. The transaction, signed July 7, further enhances Houlihan Lokey’s...
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July 10, 2023, 08:01 AM
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Alpine Summit Energy Partners and certain affiliates and related companies announced that, after evaluating a variety of strategic alternatives, it has filed for voluntary chapter 11 relief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of...
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July 10, 2023, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Mario Manna has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. This addition strengthens the firm’s capital placement capabilities for its corporate and financial-sponsor-backed clients focused on...
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April 25, 2023, 07:45 AM
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Houlihan Lokey hired technology investment banking veteran Alec Ellison as Global Head of FinTech, a newly dedicated industry group that builds on the firm’s leading technology and financial services expertise and underscores its view of and...
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April 05, 2023, 07:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Gareth Gibson will join the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) team as a Managing Director to lead the business services industry segment within the Financial Due Diligence (FDD) practice. Gibson will be based in...
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March 29, 2023, 07:43 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Andrew Ziegler has joined the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services team as a Managing Director. Ziegler is based in New York and will assist the firm’s corporate and financial sponsor clients on a range of domestic and...
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February 28, 2023, 08:00 AM
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H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $55 billion of capital under management, announced that Colin Hannaway has joined the firm’s Capital Formation Group as a Managing Director, based in New York City.Hannaway will be...
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February 27, 2023, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Daniel East has joined the firm’s Capital Markets Group as a Managing Director. East is based in Houston and will predominantly partner with the firm’s Oil & Gas Group as well as Houlihan Lokey’s Power & Utilities team...
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February 17, 2023, 07:41 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Axar Cemetery Merger Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Axar Capital Management LP (Axar), has completed a merger with StoneMor Inc., a leading owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes. The transaction closed...
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November 11, 2022, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced the appointments of Matthew Hudson and Spencer Lippman as Managing Directors in the firm’s Business Services Group, bolstering its coverage of the equipment-as-a-service sector. Mr. Hudson, serving as Head of...
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November 01, 2022, 07:40 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Rainer Hepberger has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its European Healthcare team. He will be based in the firm’s London office.Mr. Hepberger joins with more than 15 years of industry experience. Prior to...
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October 24, 2022, 07:29 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Keith Skirbe has joined the firm’s global Technology Group as a Managing Director covering the cybersecurity sector. He is based in San Francisco.“In today’s world, it is impossible to overstate the importance of...
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October 11, 2022, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Burke Smith has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Business Services Group, bolstering the firm’s sector coverage in transportation and logistics. He is based in Houlihan Lokey’s Los Angeles office.Smith joins...
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September 14, 2022, 07:45 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Adam Raucher has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Raucher will focus on capital markets coverage for financial institutions for the firm’s corporate and financial-sponsor-backed...
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August 11, 2022, 07:44 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Luiz Greca has joined the firm’s Healthcare Group as a Managing Director to lead the firm’s Healthcare IT (HCIT) practice in the U.S. He is based in the Miami office. Mr. Greca joins from William Blair & Company, where...
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August 10, 2022, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that David Villa has joined the firm’s Financial Services Group as a Managing Director covering specialty finance companies and depositories. He is based in New York.
“We’re excited to add an officer with David’s breadth...
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June 23, 2022, 07:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Joel Simkins has joined the firm’s Technology Group as a Managing Director covering the gaming sector. He is based in New York.
“We are delighted to add Joel to our market-leading Technology Group. His depth of industry...
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June 22, 2022, 07:14 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Howard Steinberg has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Global Head of Tax Restructuring within its Financial and Valuation Advisory business. He is based in New York.Steinberg joins following a 33-year...
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June 07, 2022, 08:02 AM
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Armstrong Flooring announced that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have filed for voluntary protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In a continuation of...
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May 09, 2022, 08:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Chris Hastings has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Capital Markets Group. Hastings will join Sean Fitzgerald in New York to provide equity solutions, including growth capital, structured equity, and PIPEs...
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January 19, 2022, 07:41 AM
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Hunter Point Capital (“HPC”), an investment firm focused on taking minority stakes in middle-market alternative asset managers, announced a strategic investment in Iron Park Capital (“IPC”), a global alternative investment manager with deep...
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January 07, 2022, 07:40 AM
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Armstrong Flooring successfully amended its ABL Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility. These amendments, which received unanimous support from the Company's ABL and Term Loan lenders, provide certain covenant modifications under the Company's ABL...
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January 03, 2022, 07:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Geoff Wilson has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Power & Utilities Group. He is based in New York and will focus on the renewable power sector. Wilson joins Houlihan Lokey from Whitehall & Company, where...
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December 08, 2021, 07:46 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that David Schneider has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Industrials Group. He is based in New York and will bolster Houlihan Lokey’s coverage of the chemicals sector.“We are delighted that David has joined our...
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November 05, 2021, 07:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced the launch of the Private Performing Credit Index (PPCI), a new quarterly index that offers visibility to the universe of performing private credit loans. “We are excited to launch the first index of its kind to bring...
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November 04, 2021, 07:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Stephen Lee has joined as a Managing Director and Head of the Technology and Cybersecurity practice, a new service line within Transaction Advisory Services (TAS). He is based in Chicago and will lead a team providing IT...
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September 14, 2021, 07:07 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Tom Carlson has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Oil & Gas Group. He is based in Houston.Carlson joins Houlihan Lokey with more than two decades of experience advising clients across the oil and gas sector...
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September 09, 2021, 07:33 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Kiran Lulla has joined the firm’s Financial and Valuation Advisory business as a Managing Director in Transaction Advisory Services (TAS). He is based in Dallas and will focus on supporting the firm’s continuing...
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September 08, 2021, 07:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bansk Group.Arcadia Consumer Healthcare is a recognized leader in the consumer...
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August 11, 2021, 06:10 AM
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Houlihan Lokey and GCA Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement, dated as of August 3, 2021 (local time in Tokyo), under which Houlihan Lokey will commence a tender offer to acquire GCA for a total cash purchase price of approximately ¥65...
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August 03, 2021, 07:41 AM
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Houlihan Lokey acquired boutique advisory firm Baylor Klein as it continues to grow its Corporate Finance business in Europe.Founded in 2008 by Managing Director Tim Leach, Baylor Klein specialises in providing M&A and corporate finance advisory...
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July 12, 2021, 08:15 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Walid Khiari has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the TMT Group to cover software companies. He is based in San Francisco.Khiari joins from Rothschild & Co., where he was a Managing Director in the global...
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June 10, 2021, 07:32 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Jonathan Guskind has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Healthcare Group, covering medical technology. He is based in New York. Guskind joins from Morgan Stanley, where he spent more than a decade and most...
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April 21, 2021, 07:54 AM
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Compute North closed its next growth capital round of $25 million in debt financing and equity to expand capacity and enable further growth. The debt capital comes in the form of a senior secured loan from Post Road Group. Post Road Group is a...
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February 16, 2021, 06:10 AM
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Frontera Holdings has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with approximately 97 percent of its term loan lenders, 100 percent of its noteholders, and its 100 percent equity holder, through which most of the Company's debt will be...
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February 04, 2021, 07:21 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Tom Goldrick has joined the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services practice as a Managing Director and Head of M&A Tax Services. He is based in Chicago.Mr. Goldrick joins following a 13-year career at KPMG, where he was...
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November 23, 2020, 09:00 AM
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Helios Technologies, a global industrial technology leader that develops and manufactures solutions for both the hydraulics and electronics markets, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BWG Holdings I Corp., operating as Balboa Water...
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October 12, 2020, 08:00 AM
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The owners of The Second City, the world’s premier brand in improvisation and sketch-based comedy entertainment and education, announced plans today to sell the iconic brand’s diversified business. This is only the second time in the comedy empire’s...
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October 07, 2020, 09:30 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Alexandra Lebenthal has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor in its Financial Sponsors Group. In this new role, Ms. Lebenthal will lead a new initiative focused on providing investment banking services, industry...
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September 10, 2020, 09:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey has agreed to acquire MVP Capital (MVP), an independent advisory firm that provides a range of advisory services to clients in the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sector. The transaction, signed June 23, adds substantially to the...
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June 26, 2020, 08:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, announced that Christian Lunny has joined the firm’s Corporate Finance business as a Managing Director. He is based in Sydney and will assist the firm’s mid-cap corporate and financial sponsor clients...
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May 01, 2020, 08:50 AM
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Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Joseph Lombardo has joined the firm as Head of Private Equity General Partner Advisory, a new practice within the Financial Institutions Group and an addition to the firm’s...
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April 17, 2020, 09:09 AM
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Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Sean Murphy has joined its Financial and Valuation Advisory business to lead its Transaction Advisory Services practice. He is based in Dallas.Mr. Murphy joins following more...
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April 07, 2020, 09:10 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, announced today that Shane Sealy has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Oil & Gas Group. Mr. Sealy is based in Houston and is responsible for advising upstream companies on mergers and...
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February 27, 2020, 09:10 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that David Wagner has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor for the Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services practice. Mr. Wagner will lead the firm’s newly established LIBOR Transition Advisory Services practice to...
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November 22, 2019, 09:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, has agreed to acquire Freeman & Co. (Freeman), a New York-based independent advisory firm that provides a range of advisory services to financial institution clients. The transaction, signed yesterday...
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October 23, 2019, 09:25 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a global investment bank, has made two additions to the firm’s Healthcare Group in New York that substantially expand the firm’s healthcare services coverage efforts. Jerome “J.J.” Brown and Austin Smith have joined the firm as...
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October 16, 2019, 08:55 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Sean Fitzgerald has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Capital Markets Group. Fitzgerald will focus on providing customized equity capital solutions to the firm’s corporate and financial-sponsor-backed clients...
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September 25, 2019, 09:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced an expansion of its Private Funds Group (PFG) to Chicago and San Francisco. Shea Goggin has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of U.S. PFG to lead and continue the build-out of the Private Funds Group in North...
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September 24, 2019, 09:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, announced that Robert M. Wilson has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Industrials Group, focusing on the packaging and paper sectors. He is based in New York.Wilson joins from SunTrust Robinson...
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June 26, 2019, 09:01 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, announced that Steven M. Cramer has joined the Technology, Media, & Telecom (TMT) Group as a Managing Director to oversee the gaming sector. He is based in Los Angeles.
Cramer joins from Imperial Capital...
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December 04, 2018, 07:14 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Martin Bastian will join the firm in January 2019 as a Managing Director in the Industrials Group to lead the chemicals business in Europe, based in Frankfurt.
Bastian will join from Citigroup, where he was a Managing...
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November 05, 2018, 07:05 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, announced that Jonathan Harrison has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Business Services Group. He is based in London.
Harrison brings with him over 20 years of sector coverage and extensive...
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October 19, 2018, 08:18 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, announced that David Brock has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Industrials Group, focused on the building products sector. He is based in London.
Brock joins from Jefferies, where he was a...
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October 09, 2018, 07:11 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced the formation of HL Finance, LLC (HL Finance) to arrange senior secured leveraged loans for financial sponsor-backed, privately-held, and public corporate entities.HL Finance will act as arranger on syndicated loan...
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July 23, 2018, 08:01 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc.,, a global investment bank, announced that it has acquired BearTooth Advisors (BearTooth), an independent advisory firm providing strategic advisory and placement agency services to alternative investment managers. The...
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May 22, 2018, 08:01 AM
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Hilco Corporate Finance announced that Mark A. Smith has been appointed Managing Director within the firm's Corporate Finance team. Smith previously joined the Hilco Global Industrial Group, focusing on the metals, mining and adjacent sectors. He is...
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April 05, 2018, 07:25 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a global investment bank, announced that Ignacio Blasco has joined the firm as a Managing Director in Capital Markets. He is based in Madrid.Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Blasco was a Managing Partner at Montalbán Debt Funds...
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March 01, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Edward Middleton has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Financial Restructuring, Asia alongside Brandon Gale. He is based in Hong Kong.
Middleton enjoys an excellent reputation in the international...
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February 05, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, announced that Jim McKnight has joined the firm as a Managing Director. He is based in Sydney and will lead the firm’s Financial Restructuring efforts in Australia.McKnight joins from Fort Street...
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February 01, 2018, 07:12 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire Quayle Munro Limited (Quayle Munro), an independent advisory firm that provides corporate finance advisory services to companies underpinned by data & analytics, content, software, and...
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January 16, 2018, 07:30 AM
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Completed distressed debt and bankruptcy restructuring activity totaled $282.2 billion during full year 2017, a 18% decrease compared to 2016, according to data released by Thomson Reuters.There were 302 completed restructuring transactions worldwide...
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January 15, 2018, 07:31 AM
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Houlihan Lokey has announced that Nathan Pund has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Consumer, Food, & Retail (CFR) Group. He is based in Dallas, Texas, and will continue his focus on the active lifestyle, outdoor, and tactical...
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January 09, 2018, 07:32 AM
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Emerge Energy Services LP announced that it has entered into a $75 million Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement among the Partnership, the subsidiary borrowers, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative...
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January 08, 2018, 07:27 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, announced that the M&A advisory practice of Bluestone Capital Partners (Bluestone) has merged into Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services (ADG) Group. Bluestone is a boutique investment...
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December 19, 2017, 07:10 AM
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Waterfall Asset Management, an alternative asset management firm, announced the hiring of Gene Weil and John Nelligan to launch and oversee the creation of a new financial services/specialty finance focused private equity platform, which will operate...
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December 15, 2017, 07:30 AM
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Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey announced that Victor Barcot has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Oil & Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) Group. He is based in Houston.Barcot joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was a Managing...
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December 15, 2017, 07:21 AM
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First Eagle Investment Management and NewStar Financial Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for First Eagle to acquire NewStar, an established lender and investment manager specializing in direct lending to middle-market...
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October 17, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey recently hired Daniel Beaulne and Michael P. Hedden as Directors in the Dispute Resolution Consulting practice. They are based in Dallas and New York, respectively.
Hedden has extensive expertise in the real estate sector, with more...
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October 12, 2017, 08:00 AM
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CIT Bank, N.A. announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its reverse mortgage servicing business, Financial Freedom, and its reverse mortgage portfolio to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes the sale of mortgage servicing rights...
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October 09, 2017, 07:19 AM
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Hovde Group, a full service investment bank and broker dealer that provides investment banking, capital markets, equity research, and sales and trading services focused on the financial services sector, announced that it has formed a new practice to...
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October 05, 2017, 07:29 AM
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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Bondholder Group announced that its members have offered a debtor in possession (DIP) financing loan to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to help address the urgent need for repairs to...
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September 28, 2017, 07:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a global investment bank, announced that Reinhard Koester has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG), where he will help grow the firm’s Specialty Finance practice. He is...
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September 14, 2017, 07:20 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that James G. Wolf, CFA, has joined the Tax & Financial Reporting Valuation (TFR) practice within Financial Advisory Services as a Managing Director. He is based in New York.Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Wolf spent nearly...
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August 16, 2017, 07:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Matthew Tehan has joined the Capital Markets Group as a Managing Director. He is based in Sydney and will lead the firm’s Capital Markets efforts in Australia.Tehan joins Houlihan Lokey following a 17-year career at...
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August 15, 2017, 08:31 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Brad Hafer has joined the Strategic Consulting Group as a Director. He is based in New York and focused on the technology, media, and telecommunications sector within Strategic Consulting.Prior to joining Houlihan...
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June 29, 2017, 07:20 AM
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Investment Bank Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Jeffrey Baliban has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Dispute Resolution Consulting practice within Financial Advisory Services (FAS). He is based in New York.Baliban joins from Citrin...
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June 20, 2017, 07:26 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, announced several additions to its Tech+IP Advisory practice within Financial Advisory Services (FAS). John A. Hudson and Brent Reynolds Sr. have joined the practice as a Director and Vice President...
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June 16, 2017, 07:17 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a global investment bank, announced that Tom Olivier has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group. Olivier joins Houlihan Lokey from Pacific Crest Securities, the technology...
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June 02, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, announced that Heather Smith has joined the firm’s Capital Markets Group as a Managing Director and Head of Structured Equity. Smith will focus on providing customized equity capital solutions to...
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May 12, 2017, 07:19 AM
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Gander Mountain Company announced that, to maximize the opportunity to achieve a "going-concern" sale of its business, it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy...
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March 13, 2017, 07:15 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, announced that it has acquired Black Stone IP LLC (BSIP), a boutique investment bank focused on valuing and trading patent and other intellectual property (IP) assets. Terms of the transaction were...
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January 19, 2017, 08:28 AM
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White Oak Global Advisors, LLC on behalf of its institutional clients, announced today that White Oak has expanded its asset-based lending platform through the acquisition of Capital Business Credit, LLC (“CBC”), a leading commercial finance company...
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December 16, 2016, 07:45 AM
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NewStar Financial Inc. announced the sale of its equipment finance business and related assets to Boston-based Radius Bank ("Radius"), a federal savings association, for approximately $140 million in cash. NewStar Equipment Finance is an...
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December 02, 2016, 07:29 AM
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Miller Buckfire, a leading investment bank specializing in corporate restructuring and recapitalization,announced that Richard Klein has joined as Managing Director in New York.Klein brings over twenty years of experience to Miller Buckfire. Most...
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September 26, 2016, 08:16 AM
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Wells Fargo Capital Finance announced that Dana Carl Knowlton has joined the Middle Market Originations team in New York as a business development officer. In his new role, Knowlton is primarily responsible for sourcing and structuring flexible asset...
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August 04, 2016, 07:46 AM
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Dex Media, Inc., one of the largest national providers of local marketing solutions for local businesses, announced that its prepackaged plan of reorganization (“the Plan”) was confirmed today by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware...
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July 18, 2016, 07:38 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Larry DeAngelo and Paul Simpson have joined the firm as Managing Directors to lead the firm's global Business Services Group. Simpson is based in London and DeAngelo is based in Atlanta.DeAngelo joins from SunTrust...
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July 13, 2016, 07:58 AM
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Full Circle Capital Corporation ("Full Circle") announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Great Elm Capital Corp., a company formed by Great Elm Capital Group, Inc. ("GEC", formerly Unwired Planet, Inc.) and funds managed by MAST...
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June 24, 2016, 07:30 AM
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Dex Media, Inc., one of the largest national providers of local marketing solutions for local businesses, today announced a major step toward completing its financial restructuring by filing a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”), along...
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May 18, 2016, 07:27 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that AmeriFactors Financial Group, LLC has been acquired by Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company.AmeriFactors provides accounts receivable financing primarily on a non-recourse, full-notification basis to small and medium-sized...
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December 17, 2015, 08:12 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that J. Andrew Koecher has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice. Koecher is based in Dallas and will be responsible for leading the continued build-out of the...
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November 20, 2015, 08:10 AM
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp today the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of privately held Firestone Financial Corp. as an operating subsidiary of Berkshire Bank. Based in Needham, Massachusetts, Firestone is a longstanding commercial...
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May 22, 2015, 07:49 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced that Patrick Schoennagel has joined the firm as a Director in its Capital Markets Group. He is based in London and will focus primarily on assisting both independent and sponsor-backed corporates in the United Kingdom and...
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May 11, 2015, 08:00 AM
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Versa Capital Management, LLC (“Versa”) announced today that one of its affiliates was declared the winning bidder in the auction for the business of The Wet Seal, Inc. (“Wet Seal”), a specialty retailer in reorganization proceedings. “We believe our...
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March 16, 2015, 08:14 AM
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Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services,has signed a definitive agreement to become the majority investor in Engs Commercial Finance, a vendor-based commercial lender that provides lease and...
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February 11, 2015, 07:17 AM
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Nellson Nutraceutical, a leading North American formulator and manufacturer of branded and private-label nutritional bar and functional powder products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Le Groupe Multibar Inc...
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November 25, 2014, 07:13 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, today announced that Loren McCutchen has joined the firm's Due Diligence Services practice as a Director. He is based in Dallas.McCutchen joins Houlihan Lokey following an 18-year career at Deloitte...
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October 14, 2014, 07:26 AM
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Capmark Financial Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a series of agreements pursuant to which it will acquire Bluestem Brands, Inc. (“Bluestem”), a multi-brand, online retailer of name-brand and private label general merchandise serving...
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September 29, 2014, 08:01 AM
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Education Management Corporation, one of the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, has finalized a Restructuring Support Agreement previously announced on Aug. 27, 2014. Creditors holding in excess of 94 percent of the...
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September 08, 2014, 07:48 AM
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Ares Management, L.P. announced on Jun.5 that it has expanded into the commercial finance sector through its acquisition of Keltic Financial Services LLC and Keltic Financial Partners II, LP, a leading commercial finance company that provides...
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June 06, 2014, 07:23 AM
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Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce the sale of Dallas-based Goodman Factors, a nationwide invoice factoring company, to Independent Bank of Memphis, TN. Houlihan Lokey served as exclusive financial advisor to Goodman Factors and assisted in...
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May 21, 2014, 07:46 AM
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Triumph Bancorp, Inc., through its subsidiary, THE National Bank, a full service community bank, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the lending platform and certain assets of Doral Healthcare Finance, an asset-based lender...
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May 16, 2014, 07:33 AM
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Diversified financial services company ORIX USA Corporation announced that Brian F. Prince has officially commenced his role as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), overseeing strategic operations and growth initiatives, which will...
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February 06, 2014, 07:39 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, announced that Cory Daugard has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of the Oilfield Services practice within the Industrials Group. He is based in Dallas, reporting to Bill Peluchiwski...
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January 16, 2014, 07:23 AM
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Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) announced that Nausheer Allibhoy, Robert Corso, Michael Halliwell and William Snyder have joined the firm’s Valuation Services practice as Managing Directors in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta...
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November 18, 2013, 07:24 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, today announced that Kimble Cannon has joined the firm as a Director in the Financial Institutions Group (FIG). He will focus on depository institutions within FIG, with a primary concentration on...
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November 05, 2013, 08:02 AM
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Solar Senior Capital Ltd. announced that it acquired, pursuant to a definitive agreement, dated September 30, 2013, Gemino Healthcare Finance, LLC (d/b/a Gemino Senior Secured Healthcare Finance) (“Gemino”) from affiliates of EDG Partners, D. E. Shaw...
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October 04, 2013, 08:03 AM
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GateHouse Media, Inc. announced it has commenced voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Concurrently with the bankruptcy filing, GateHouse filed and requested confirmation of a...
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September 27, 2013, 08:01 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, announced its aggressive growth plans for a unique practice focused on intermediating illiquid financial assets on a global basis. The Illiquid Financial Asset (IFA) practice will incorporate the...
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September 24, 2013, 07:47 AM
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Houlihan Lokey announced the completion of a senior financing for AmeriFactors Financial Group, LLC. The debt financing was provided by BB&T's Orlando office. AmeriFactors Financial Group, LLC is a specialty commercial finance company providing...
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July 29, 2013, 08:03 AM
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Charlesbank Capital Partners made an investment in Trojan Battery Company, a leading global manufacturer of deep-cycle lead acid batteries. Headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, CA, Trojan has been owned by the Godber family since its founding in 1925....
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July 02, 2013, 07:16 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, today announced a reorganization of its senior management ranks. Co-CEO Scott Beiser will continue as CEO, as Jeff Werbalowsky, his partner in the role for the last ten years, will join Robert Hotz...
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April 18, 2013, 08:05 AM
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Dex One Corporation and SuperMedia announced that each company has received the requisite shareholder approval for their proposed merger and they both have voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of...
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March 18, 2013, 08:03 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, announced that Lyle Wilpon has joined the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group as a managing director, based in New York. He reports to Steven Tishman, Global Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group...
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February 27, 2013, 07:41 AM
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Presidential Financial Corporation announced it will be acquired by MidFirst Bank. The acquisition is subject to final regulatory approval and it is anticipated that the transaction will close in early 2013. Presidential will operate as a subsidiary...
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January 17, 2013, 08:08 AM
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Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, announced that it has acquired Milestone Advisors, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based independent investment banking firm which provides mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and asset valuation...
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January 09, 2013, 07:48 AM
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