Mr. McElhenney is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace, Defense & Government practice. He has more than three decades of investment banking experience, including mergers and acquisitions, complex corporate divestitures, and capital markets advisory. He is based in the firm's Los Angeles office.
During his career, Mr. McElhenney has advised on the buyside and sellside for a wide array of Fortune 500 and international companies, small-caps, entrepreneurs, and private equity owners.
His clients have included most of the world’s leading aerospace and defense contractors. Recent notable transactions include the sales of Martin UAV to Shield AI; uAvionix to DC Capital Partners; Trillium Engineering to JF Lehman; Draken International to Blackstone; UAV Factory to AE Industrial Partners; Latitude Engineering to L3 Technologies; EIS Aircraft to QinetiQ; ASV Global to L3 Technologies; Anaren to TTM Technologies; and Liquid Robotics to Boeing.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. McElhenney was a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Honeywell Aerospace. Earlier in his career, he served in the U.S. Army as a Logistics Officer.
Mr. McElhenney earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Montana and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.