Mr. Bailey is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group. He specializes in advising clients in the HCM, IT, and professional services industries on sellside and buyside M&A, debt and equity financings, and strategic alternatives assessments and also leads the practice group for Houlihan Lokey. Mr. Bailey is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.
Mr. Bailey’s recent transactions include the sale of ettain to Manpower (NYSE:MAN); the sale of Addison to Trilantic; the sale of Planet Group to Odyssey Investment Partners; the sale of Magenic to Cognizant (NYSE:CTSH); the sale of ettain and Global Employment Solutions to A&M Capital; the sale of Eliassen to Stone Point Capital; the sale of PSI to Waud Capital; the take-private of CDI Corp. (NYSE:CDI) to AE Industrial; the acquisition of WilsonHCG by CIP Capital; the leveraged buyout of PRO Unlimited by Investcorp; the sale of MedPartners to AMN (NYSE:AMN); the sale of Attero to Recruit; the sale of Bartech to Impellam; and the sale of CIBER (NYSE:CBR) to HTC Global.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Bailey was a Director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in the Technology and Services Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Before that, he was with middle-market investment bank CHILDS Advisory Partners, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for small to middle-market IT and professional services companies.
Previously, Mr. Bailey was with Endeavor Argentina, a nonprofit private equity firm, supporting small companies with corporate finance and growth equity investments. He started his career with Banc of America Securities, where he focused on the origination and execution of private placements for Australasia-based companies.
Mr. Bailey holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the Terry College of Business at University of Georgia.