Houlihan Lokey Advises Hammond Hanlon Camp

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC (H2C), a premier strategic advisory and investment banking firm focused on hospitals, health systems, and related organizations, has been acquired by Fifth Third Acquisition Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB). The transaction closed on December 31, 2020.

Founded in 2011, H2C has an emphasis on healthcare organizations with specialized expertise in the not-for-profit sector. Its core advisory services include mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, partnerships and strategic growth, capital markets, and real estate investment banking.

With offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and San Diego, H2C leadership will report to Fifth Third Investment Banking. The addition expands Fifth Third’s Investment Banking and M&A group to more than 110 professionals, with experience advising a range of industry sectors, including consumer, diversified industrial, downstream petroleum, business and technology-enabled services, renewable energy, and healthcare.

The announcement underscores Fifth Third’s commitment to developing a robust, best-in-class healthcare platform and builds upon Fifth Third’s acquisition of Coker Capital in 2018. It serves one of the largest and fastest growing segments of the U.S. economy.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to H2C.