Houlihan Lokey Adds Experienced Senior Hire to Strengthen Global Industrials Group
Robert Wilson Joins Firm as a
Managing Director in New York
NEW YORK – June 25, 2019 – Houlihan
Lokey (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced that Robert M.
Wilson has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Industrials Group, focusing on the packaging
and paper sectors. He is based in New York.
Mr.
Wilson joins from SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he held a number of roles,
most recently as Managing Director and Head of the Paper & Packaging practice.
While at SunTrust, he helped substantially grow the firm’s industrials
coverage, advising on a broad range of M&A and financing transactions for
large- and mid-cap companies, financial sponsors, and entrepreneurs. Prior
experience also includes roles in the investment banking divisions of Barclays
and Credit Suisse.
“Rapidly changing
sectors such as packaging and paper can present significant challenges and
opportunities for our clients, requiring advisors who possess substantial
transaction expertise and deep industry relationships. With a 20-year track
record of success as a trusted advisor to corporates and sponsors on both
M&A and debt and equity financings, Rob is an excellent addition to our Industrials
Group. We’re delighted he has joined the team,” said William Peluchiwski,
Co-Head of the Industrials Group.
“Houlihan Lokey’s meritocracy culture and combination of
established corporate relationships and extensive financial sponsors coverage
presents a compelling opportunity to join one of the largest and most
successful Industrials teams in financial services. I’m excited to partner with
my colleagues in the U.S., Europe, and Asia to build on the successes Houlihan
Lokey has achieved,” said Mr. Wilson.
“Rob’s breadth of experience across both mid-cap and
large-cap M&A—buyside, sellside, and related financings—will enhance the
team as we reinforce our market-leading position in the middle market while
increasingly advising on larger industrials transactions. We’re confident that
both our clients and the Industrials team will benefit tremendously from Rob’s
expertise and decades of transaction success,” said Jim Lavelle, Co-Head of the
Industrials Group.
Mr. Wilson holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Washington and Lee University.
In 2018, Houlihan Lokey was ranked
for the fourth consecutive year as both the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. transactions
and a top 10 most active global M&A advisor, based on Thomson Reuters’
annual year-end league table data.
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 (formerly Thomson Reuters).
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