Mr. McElhenney is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace, Defense & Government practice. He has more than two 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.
Mr. McElhenney’s clients have included most of the world’s leading aerospace and defense contractors. Recent notable transactions include the sales of VideoRay to BlueHalo, Erickson to Helicopter Express, Stellar Blu to Gilat Satellite Networks, Ghost Robotics to LIG Nex1, Dzyne Technologies to Highlander Partners, Martin UAV to Shield AI, uAvionix to DC Capital Partners, and Trillium Engineering to JF Lehman. Transactions raising capital for high-growth aerospace and defense companies include the Series A raise for Parry Labs and the Series B raise for Tekever.
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.