Mr.
Wilson is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Technology•Media•Telecom (TMT) Group.
He joined the firm in 2001. The TMT
Group is
responsible for sourcing and executing M&A, financial restructuring, and
financial advisory assignments in conjunction with product specialists across
the software, media (including digital media), telecom (including Internet),
entertainment, education, and gaming segments. Mr. Wilson is based in the
firm’s Los Angeles office.
Mr.
Wilson has led a series of sale transactions, including the sale of TelCove to Level 3 Communications; the
sale of OnFiber Communications to Qwest; the sale
of Verizon’s Department of Corrections business to Global Tel*Link; the sale of
Dobson Communications to AT&T; the sale of Genesys SA to West Corp.; and the sale of Startec Global Communications to Platinum
Equity. On the buy side, he has worked with Platinum Equity on their
acquisition of Covad Communications; NTT Communications
on their acquisitions of Integralis AG, Atlas Internet Solutions SA,
and Pacific Cross Limited; Earthlink on their investment in Covad; and Dubai International Capital
on their investment in Saudi Oger. In addition, he has arranged a
number of financings, including capital raises for Hostway, Purple Communications, and Matrix
Communications, among others. Recently, Mr. Wilson led the financial advisory
team for Dex One in its $2.1 billion merger of
equals with SuperMedia.
Mr.
Wilson was previously in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group,
where he focused on financial restructurings of telecommunications services
providers and played a key role in the restructurings of WorldCom, ICG
Communications, Asia Global Crossing, Williams Communications Group, Covad Communications, Adelphia Business
Solutions, 360 Americas, and Horizon PCS. The Media & Telecom Group and Mr.
Wilson have recently been active in various media-related restructurings,
including those of Charter Communications, RH Donnelley, Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Before
joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Wilson was with Montgomery
Securities (now BAML), specializing in media and telecommunications, M&A,
and corporate finance. He was also a member of the Consumer Group of EVEREN
Securities and in corporate finance with the Media and Telecommunications Group
of Union Bank. He also managed proprietary trading in foreign exchange and
derivatives at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 until 1990.
Mr.
Wilson holds a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University and an MBA,
with honors, from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.