Analyst
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Business Unit: Financial Restructuring Group
Industry: GEN - General
Overview
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services.
Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past six consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past seven consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv.
Financial Restructuring
Houlihan Lokey has the largest, most experienced worldwide financial restructuring practice of any investment banking firm, with more than 250 professionals located in offices across the globe. In 2020, we worked on more than 175 restructuring-related transactions on behalf of companies, their creditors and shareholders, and other constituents. Houlihan Lokey has advised on more than 1,400 restructuring transactions, with aggregate debt claims in excess of $3.0 trillion.
Our group employs an interdisciplinary approach to engagements and is accustomed to evaluating complex, highly leveraged situations in short time frames. We are also a recognized leader in achieving merger and acquisition transactions for distressed companies.
Scope
The Financial Restructuring Group is looking to add an experienced analyst (with, ideally, at least 1 -2 years of prior investment banking or equivalent experience) to our team based in our Dubai office. Analysts have the opportunity to assist on a variety of transactions, including creditor- and debtor-side restructurings and distressed mergers & acquisitions.
Responsibilities
Analysts work on projects that provide exposure to various financial advisory and investment banking products and industries. These services include:
- Advising companies and stakeholders in out-of-court restructuring transactions
- Provide advisory services in stressed and distressed situations
- Participating in complex negotiations on behalf of our clients
- Providing distressed M&A advisory
- Advisory in relation to debt and equity raising in the context of stressed and distressed situations
Analysts are typically members of deal teams, comprising at least one managing director, vice president, associate and financial analyst.
Qualifications
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is results-driven and entrepreneurial and, as such, rewards top performers with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals and clients.
The following qualifications are required:
- Have a strong academic track record and hold a 2:1 degree in accounting, economics and or finance
- A demonstrated genuine interest in Financial Restructuring and/or in working on complex and large financial transactions
- demonstrable experience within Leveraged Finance or Financial Restructuring
- Have an understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications
- Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills
- Strong LBO and DCF modelling skills
- Advanced oral, reading and writing skills in Arabic preferred, in addition to English
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- An exceptional strong work ethic
The candidate must be motivated and have the ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment.
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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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1412135
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned