Associate, Debt Capital Solutions (Debt Advisory)

Business Unit: Capital Solutions

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognised for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data‑driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals.

Scope: The Debt Capital Solutions team at Houlihan Lokey is looking to add an Associate to our London office. The environment at Houlihan Lokey is both collegial and entrepreneurial. Teamwork is essential to the firm’s success. At the same time, creativity and new ideas are encouraged. Analysts & Associates are given substantial responsibility and access to clients and investors, and are encouraged to help us grow our business.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of lean deal teams on financing advisory mandates, gaining significant exposure to senior team members and clients.
• Support on the execution of a variety of different debt transactions including private, public and hybrid loans, private placements, and public bonds.
• Serve as a point of contact for clients in the day‑to‑day management of transactions including leading selected workstreams.
• Oversee junior team members in the preparation of presentation and transaction materials.
• Support senior team members with client dialogue and relationship management – with the ability to present to and hold conversations with senior clients.
• Engage in and manage due diligence processes, including coordinating work by other professional advisors.
• Assist in analysing and negotiating financing terms and documentation and delivering expert advice to clients.
• Research, monitor and analyse financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry and economic conditions for use in advising clients.
• Build and maintain bespoke financial models with support from junior team members.
• Undertake debt capacity, financial covenant, and credit rating modelling.
• Assist with the wider team's marketing initiatives.
• Build own network of contacts within active debt investors including banks, credit funds, hedge funds and other alternative lenders.
• Contribute to the firm’s Private Equity relationships.
• Mentor junior analysts, helping to create a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• An excellent academic track record and achieved a 2:1 or equivalent degree.
• 3–6 years of experience within Debt Advisory.
• A demonstrated track record of executing transactions.
• Excellent financial modelling, finance and accounting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to persuade and influence others.
• A strong work ethic, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and workstreams simultaneously while maintaining excellent attention to detail and a desire to take the initiative.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills, with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats and limitations.
• The ability to work well in a team‑oriented environment building effective relationships with multiple stakeholders internally and externally.
• The motivation to work in a collaborative, rapidly changing, demanding but ultimately rewarding environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluent proficiency (written and spoken) in one or more other European languages is a bonus, but not essential.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.