Houlihan Lokey Inc

Houlihan Lokey Inc. an investment banking company provides merger and acquisition (M&A) capital market financial restructuring and financial and valuation advisory services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Corporate Finance Financial Restructuring and Financial and Valuation Advisory. The Corporate Finance segment offers general financial advisory services; and advises public and private institutions on buy-side and sell-side transactions leveraged loans private mezzanine debt high-yield debt initial public offerings follow-ons convertibles equity private placements private equity and liability management transactions as well as advise financial sponsors on various transactions. The Financial Restructuring segment advises debtors creditors and other parties-in-interest related to recapitalization/deleveraging transactions. It also provides a range of advisory services including structuring negotiation and confirmation of plans of reorganization; structuring and analysis of exchange offers; corporate viability assessment; dispute resolution and expert testimony; and procuring debtor-in-possession financing. The Financial and Valuation Advisory segment offers valuations of various assets such as companies illiquid debt and equity securities and intellectual property. It also provides fairness opinions in connection with M&A and other transactions solvency opinions in connection with corporate spin-offs and dividend recapitalizations and other types of financial opinions. In addition this segment offers dispute resolution services. It serves corporations financial sponsors and government agencies. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles California.