Mr. Picchiottino is a member of Houlihan Lokey‘s Business Services Group within the firm’s Corporate Finance business. He started his M&A career in 1999 and is based in the firm’s Paris office.
Mr. Picchiottino’s previous experience encompasses approximately 60 M&A transactions, including the sales of Karavel Promovacances Fram to a consortium of investors, Diam International to Ardian, Proxiserve to a consortium of infrastructure investors, Ondura to Kingspan, and the Hild Group to Chequers; the disposals of family-owned Piercan to a consortium of investors and listed company Tessi to a consortium of investors; the acquisitions of Veolia Sade by NGE, NXO Group by Fayat, and LP Promotions by Abenex; and the capital openings of Koesio Group to a consortium of investors and NGE to Montefiore Investment.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Picchiottino was a Managing Partner at Audere Partners (operating under Natixis Partners), in which Houlihan Lokey acquired a controlling interest in 2026. He has also worked in M&A at Mediobanca, Citi, and Schroders.
Mr. Picchiottino holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.