Heather Smith Joins as Managing Director and Head of Structured Equity
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today
announced that Heather Smith has joined the firm’s Capital Markets Group
as a Managing Director and Head of Structured Equity. Ms. Smith will
focus on providing customized equity capital solutions to corporate and
financial sponsor backed clients for acquisition finance, growth capital
and balance sheet recapitalizations. She is based in New York.
Ms. Smith has over 20 years of experience in the private placement
industry, having raised approximately $12 billion in equity and debt
capital for companies in the U.S., Europe and South America. She joins
from Sagent Advisors, where she was a Managing Director and Head of the
Private Financing Solutions Group with a focus on raising equity and
equity-linked securities utilizing complex financing structures for late
stage companies. Previous experience includes leading a Private
Placement Group at both Deutsche Bank and Greentech Capital where she
raised equity, debt and project finance, and serving as a Director in
the Private Placements Group at Credit Suisse.
“The continuing growth of non-traditional capital providers creates
attractive opportunities to develop bespoke structured finance solutions
for our clients, however successfully accessing this capital requires
deep market knowledge and industry relationships,” said Scott Adelson,
Co-President and Co-Head of Corporate Finance. “Heather brings those
qualities to our market-leading Capital Markets team. Her decades of
experience and excellent cultural fit with our passionate approach to
client service will be substantially beneficial to our clients and to
the continued growth of the business,” he added.
"I’m delighted to join a Capital Markets Group with the financing
expertise, depth of insight, and breadth of relationships in the
alternative finance universe that Houlihan Lokey has established. I look
forward to working with my colleagues to build on the substantial
success they have achieved to date and contribute to the superior client
service for which the firm is known,” said Ms. Smith.
Ms. Smith holds a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Harvard
University and an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School
of Management at Northwestern University.
With nearly 35 professionals globally, Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets
Group is the largest independent private financing team in financial
services, focused on delivering its clients bespoke financing solutions
backed by superior market knowledge and execution capabilities. Over the
past 12 months, the group has raised approximately $5 billion for
clients across 29 transactions.
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in
mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring,
valuation, and strategic consulting. The firm serves corporations,
institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United
States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and
intellectual rigor are hallmarks of our commitment to client success
across our advisory services. Houlihan Lokey is ranked as the No. 1 M&A
advisor for all U.S. transactions, the No. 1 global restructuring
advisor, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past
20 years, according to Thomson Reuters. For more information, please
visit www.HL.com.
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