Off-Cycle Internship - Financial Restructuring

Business Unit

Financial Restructuring Group

Industry

No industry specified

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. Its transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help clients achieve their most critical goals. For more information, visit HL.com.

Financial Restructuring

Houlihan Lokey has the largest worldwide financial restructuring practice of any investment banking firm, with offices and experienced professionals located across the globe. Since its inception in 1988, the restructuring group has advised on more than 1,900 restructuring transactions with aggregate debt claims in excess of $4 trillion. With nearly 300 dedicated restructuring professionals worldwide, the group has a significant global presence and serves clients domestically and around the world.

The team provides extensive resources to staff each case and leverages broad client coverage and extensive experience to understand the dynamics of each restructuring situation and the needs, attitudes, and positions of all parties in interest.

Scope

The Financial Restructuring Group is expanding and is looking for an Off-Cycle Intern to be based in its London office. Interns work specifically with the group, assisting with a variety of transactions, including creditor- and debtor-side restructurings and distressed mergers & acquisitions.

Responsibilities

As an Intern, you will work on projects that provide exposure to various financial advisory and investment banking products and industries, including:

• Advising companies and stakeholders in out-of-court restructuring transactions
• Providing advisory services in stressed and distressed situations
• Participating in complex negotiations on behalf of clients
• Providing distressed M&A advisory
• Advising on debt and equity raising in the context of stressed and distressed situations

Interns play a similar role to Financial Analysts and are typically members of deal teams comprising at least one managing director, director, vice president, associate, and financial analyst.

Requirements / Qualifications

The environment at Houlihan Lokey is results-driven and entrepreneurial, rewarding top performers with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals and clients.

The following qualifications are required:

• Strong academic track record
• Demonstrated genuine interest in Financial Restructuring and/or in working on complex and large financial transactions
• At least some experience within Leverage Finance or Financial Restructuring
• Understanding of valuation theory, methodologies, and applications
• Strong quantitative, financial, and analytical skills
• Strong LBO and DCF modelling skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Arabic and English
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional strong work ethic

The candidate must be motivated and able to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment.