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New York, New York, United States
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Overview
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized 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. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.

Capital Solutions
Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group was named World’s Best and Europe’s Best for Capital Markets Advisory at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026. The group comprises more than 240 professionals globally and offers clients a broad range of tailored financing alternatives and strategic financial advice in the public and private capital markets through the issuance of debt, equity, or hybrid securities. Our team has raised ~$42 billion across over 140 transactions in the past 12 months* and has a presence in 18 offices and eight countries globally. With deep expertise in both private and public markets, we are committed to delivering innovative, value-enhancing solutions that support long-term success for our clients.

Equity Private Placements
Our Equity Private Placements practice, a dedicated team within the Equity Capital Solutions vertical of the broader Capital Solutions Group, originates, structures, and executes private financings. Members of the Equity Private Placements team work closely with a range of sponsor-backed, family-owned, public, and privately-owned clients, as well as with Houlihan Lokey’s industry coverage, M&A, and financial restructuring teams.
The Equity Private Placements team executes on a variety of private financing transactions, such as growth equity, structured equity, Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPEs), co-invest equity, and other minority equity placements for a variety of situations across industries. Use of proceeds for these transactions include growth capital, acquisition financings, refinancings, dividend recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and special situations.
In 2024, Houlihan Lokey completed more equity private placements than any other non-balance sheet bank.
The Equity Private Placements team is seeking to recruit a Summer Analyst to join the team in New York, New York for the Summer of 2028. The Summer Analyst will be responsible for supporting Analysts, Associates, and senior bankers on the day-to-day aspects of equity private placement transaction and marketing efforts, as well as other Capital Solutions projects.
Equity Private Placements transactions involve similar stages to M&A deals, e.g. creating marketing materials (CIMs, three-statement financial models), spearheading counterparty diligence, coordinating management meetings, and ultimately structuring/negotiating the financing to close.
You will:
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial and entrepreneurial, and, as such, rewards our Analysts with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate would possess the following qualities and background:
Houlihan Lokey is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status.


Compensation and Benefits
Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package. The firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:

$110,000-$110,000


Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.

Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:
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.


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