2027 Summer Financial Analyst – Capital Solutions, London

Business Unit

Capital Solutions

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General

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.

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 235 professionals globally and offers clients a broad range of tailored financing alternatives and strategic financial advice. The team has raised approximately $37bn across over 140 transactions in the last twelve months* and has a presence in 18 offices and 8 countries globally. With deep expertise in both private and public markets, the group is committed to delivering innovative, value-enhancing solutions that support long-term success for clients.

The Role

As a Summer Financial Analyst in the Capital Solutions Group, you will take on substantial responsibilities across a variety of live deal engagements in a collegial, entrepreneurial environment. During the application stage, you will be asked to select team preferences from the teams below.

Team Options

Debt Advisory

The Debt Advisory team is the leading financing advisor in Europe and one of the largest at a non-balance sheet bank, having completed over 100 transactions in the last two years. The team advises corporate and sponsor-backed clients on bespoke capital solutions, arranging everything from bilateral bank facilities to publicly rated large-cap debt. Expertise spans acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalizations, and special situations/liability management exercises. You will contribute directly to live mandates as part of core deal teams, while also supporting origination and marketing efforts and learning from full-time Financial Analysts and senior professionals. The team also has significant expertise across junior, hybrid, and structured capital, depending on the situation and clients’ objectives.

Equity Private Placements

The Equity Private Placements team specializes in delivering bespoke capital solutions to help founders, sponsors, and management teams scale growth, unlock shareholder liquidity, or retain control of their business without compromising long-term upside. You will work alongside experienced professionals providing innovative capital solutions for businesses in need of strategic growth funding. You will support execution of transactions, raising capital across various equity and equity-linked financing types applicable across diverse situations, including growth capital, direct minority secondary share sales, acquisition financing, and recapitalizations for high-growth companies.

Directs & Secondaries

The Directs & Secondaries team, part of Equity Capital Solutions, advises sponsors and institutional investors across private equity, credit, and infrastructure, navigating the fast-growing secondaries and co-investment markets. You will work on a broad range of deals, including GP-led secondaries (single- and multi-asset continuation vehicles) and co-investment/direct transactions (common equity raises enabling both funded and independent sponsors to finance single-asset acquisitions). Working alongside industry coverage, M&A, and wider Capital Solutions teams, you will gain hands-on experience from initial pitch through to closing, while developing valuation and corporate finance skills core to private capital and sell-side advisory.

Primary Capital Advisory

Primary Capital Advisory (“PCA”) is an established but growing player in the private equity fund placement and advisory space. The group has a proven track record of success built over multiple decades of advising expanding GPs through successive fundraising cycles. You will help produce core fund marketing documentation (investor presentations, due diligence questionnaires) and bespoke analyses, support fundraising process management and investor tracking, assist with origination and pitch materials, and help maintain and develop the team’s CRM.

Requirements

• Must be in your penultimate year of study at a highly regarded university, scheduled to complete your final university assessments in Spring or Summer 2028.
• A strong fundamental understanding of accounting, corporate finance, and valuation methodologies.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and coordinate multiple projects with an organized approach.
• Some prior experience or knowledge of Equity/Debt Capital Markets, or the broader Private Equity industry (desirable).
• A high-level understanding of valuation methodologies and financial modelling (e.g., LBO or DCF models) (desirable).
• Above all, the firm seeks dedicated, team-oriented candidates with a deep desire to win, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to work hard to achieve the highest standards of performance.