Job description
Business Unit:
Financial Sponsor Coverage Group
Industry:
No Industry
Overview
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, 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. Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past six consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past seven consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters).
Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Sponsors Coverage Group is the broadest and deepest in the world, with 25 senior bankers dedicated to the Sponsor community. Our international team provides coverage to more than 850 private equity firms, 200 hedge funds, and 80 family offices located worldwide. The group’s mandate is to provide best-in-class advice to Private Equity firms, Hedge Funds and other sources of Alternative Capital on mergers and acquisitions, valuations and capital structures.
Our clients value our independence, analytical rigor and deal savvy in various advisory functions, including:
- Selling companies to and for financials sponsors
- Arranging debt and equity financings for their portfolio companies
- Advising on complex financial restructurings and liability management issues
- Rendering fairness and solvency opinions for the boards of directors of portfolio companies, and valuing large and complex portfolios of illiquid securities
Job Purpose
Our Financial Sponsors Coverage Group in London is looking for an off-cycle intern to join the team.
Responsibilities:
As an off-cycle intern, you will have the opportunity to work with experienced senior coverage officers both to provide business unit analytics and coverage officer support on client initiatives.
Coverage officer support includes working closely with M&A sector and restructuring deal teams to coordinate advisory pitches, new deal introductions to our group, attending internal and external meetings and conference calls and preparing ad hoc reports, analyses, and marketing materials.
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegiate and entrepreneurial and rewards Financial Analysts with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals. Interns can expect meaningful personal interaction one-on-one with Managing Directors and other senior-level bankers.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate would possess qualities and background including:
- Strong academic track record
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills
- A demonstrated interest in Financial Sponsors and Credit hedge funds
- Self-motivation and the ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a fast-paced, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment
- An understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications
- Strong Excel modelling skills, including LBO and DCF
- An exceptionally strong work ethic
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.