News By Company: Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Houlihan Lokey Appoints Rit Amin

Houlihan Lokey announced that Rit Amin has joined the firm as a senior vice president in the private finance practice. Mr. Amin will be based in the Los Angeles office and will report to Noel Ryan, managing director and co-head of the private finance practice. He will focus on raising senior, mezzanine debt and private equity capital for leveraged buyouts and acquisition financings, as well as recapitalizations and refinancing for the firm’s clients across all industry sectors. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Amin was a director in Wachovia Securities’ leveraged finance group.-Business Wire


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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Houlihan Lokey Announces Executive Changes

Houlihan Lokey announced that it has recruited a team of senior investment banking officers formerly with JP Morgan’s real estate advisory within the real estate and lodging investment banking group. Gary Gordon joins as a managing director, John Kenyon and Patrick Gillan as senior vice presidents and Harshad Mehta as an associate.

The team will be located in the firm’s New York office reporting to Jonathan Geanakos and John Schoenfeld, co-heads of the real estate, lodging & leisure group. While at JP Morgan, Mr. Gordon and his team were primarily responsible for middle market investment sales and debt and equity real estate activity for non-public companies. Mr. Gordon joins from JP Morgan where he was a managing director overseeing the real estate advisory group within real estate and lodging investment banking.

Mr. Kenyon, also from JP Morgan, was vice president of the group and has been involved in the execution of $12 billion of public and private real estate advisory assignments. Mr. Gillan was most recently a vice president at JP Morgan and has over 20 years of experience in real estate in which he has advised on over $5.0 billion in real estate transactions and portfolios. Ms. Mehta joins from JP Morgan where she was an associate with the group. She earned a Master of Professional Studies in real estate from Cornell University and a Bachelors of Architecture from the Institute of Environmental Design, VV Nagar, India.-Business Wire


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Friday, August 8, 2008

Michael Hsieh Joins Houlihan Lokey

Houlihan Lokey announced that Michael Hsieh joined as a senior vice president in the financial restructuring group. Hsieh has covered automotive, steel, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, retail, gaming and consumer products. Previously, he worked at Piper Jaffray & Co. and CIBC World Markets, and he was a member of CIBC’s leveraged finance group. Earlier, Hsieh was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Dean Witter Reynolds.-Daily Deal/The Deal


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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Announces Officer-Level Promotions

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin has announced executive promotions. Newly appointed managing directors are Timothy Davis, Jennifer Muller, Andrew Turnbull. Newly appointed Directors are Thomas Dippel, Mike Giffin, Mark Goldman, Bradley Jordan, Matthew Mazzucchi, Stephen Pearlman, Derek Pitts, Graham Schindler, Stephen Spencer, Jeffrey Stern.

Newly appointed senior vice presidents are Eugene Bazemore, Romain Cattet, Mark Dufilho, Kushal Kapadia, Manuel Martinez-Fidalgo, Andrew Morrow, Robert Rosenberg, Reid Snellenbarger, Agnes Tang.

Newly appointed vice presidents are Harris Antoniades, Roy Bejarano, Mark Bradt, Yves Brulet, Helen Cheng, David Daily, Michael De Simone, Christopher Foley, Daniel Gissinger, Cedric Hawthorn, Jeffrey Henderson, Scott Jackson, Mark Johnson, Samrat Karnik, Dennis Kawachi, Matthew Kaczmarekm, David Kennedy, Michael Lippert, Brent Maier, Jason Price, Sean Robison, Melissa Ronac, John Song, Justin Turner, Jeffrey Wilson.-Business Wire


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Friday, November 16, 2007

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Appoints Richard Mandery

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin announced that Richard Mandery joined the bank as a director in the global energy group. Mandery spent a majority of his career in the natural resources groups at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Banc of America Securities, and most recently was a director at Barclays Capital. He reports to Scott Baxter, head of the global energy group. -The Daily Deal


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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Appoints Ben Buettell

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin announced that Ben Buettell has been named co-head of the firm’s fairness opinion practice. Mr. Buettell, a managing director in the firm’s Chicago office, joined Houlihan Lokey in 1988 and has nearly two decades of experience providing financial opinions and advisory services to public and private clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, going private transactions, strategic alternatives assessments and capital raising activities. Mr. Buettell serves alongside Rick Lacher, managing director and co-head of the fairness opinion practice. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Appoints E.W. Purcell and Jean-Florent Rerolle as Co-Heads of Firm’s European Financial Advisory Services Practice

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin appointed E.W. Purcell and Jean-Florent Rerolle as co-heads of the firm’s European financial advisory services practice. Purcell, a managing director in London, previously headed the Midwest FAS practice in the U.S. Purcell will also serve as the head of FAS for the U.K. Rerolle, managing director and the head of FAS for France, joined Houlihan Lokey in 2005 from Ernst & Young. -The Daily Deal


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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Announces Executive Appointments

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin announced that it has acquired Blenheim Advisors. As part of the acquisition, William Allen and Jonathan Guise, the founders of Blenheim Advisors, have joined as managing directors and will be joint heads of European debt advisory. Joining Mr. Allen and Mr. Guise from Blenheim Advisors are four senior professionals, Samer Cortas and David Parker join as directors, Romain Cattet as vice president, and Romain Lainer as associate. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Houlihan Lokey Announces Ryuta Fujino Joins as Managing Director and Head of the Firm’s Tokyo Office

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin announced that Ryuta Fujino has joined as a managing director and head of the firm’s Tokyo office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fujino was with PwC Advisory, where he served as a managing director in the firm’s valuation and strategy practice. -Business Wire


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