Mr. Kamath is a Director in the Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services practice within Houlihan Lokey’s Financial and Valuation Advisory business. Focusing on valuation of real estate, Mr. Kamath specializes in valuation related to financial reporting, acquisition due diligence, financial modeling, and distressed debt, with specific expertise in REITs, private equity, and life sciences companies. He is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. Kamath has nearly two decades of extensive real estate analytical finance, modeling, and valuation experience. He advised one of the largest sovereign wealth funds with due diligence on a portfolio of high-end hotels across North America and Europe. Additionally, he has managed two high-profile expert witness valuation projects involving real estate valuation analysis in the gaming industry.
Mr. Kamath’s recent experience includes valuing a $1 billion residential portfolio in Japan, valuing a $100 million industrial development in the Northeast, and valuing the equity interest of a private equity that invested $4 billion in retail real estate assets in the U.S. Additionally, he manages several quarterly valuation projects for private equity clients that have exposure to hospitality, office, retail, residential, logistics, and other real estate assets.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Kamath served as an experienced Manager in Deloitte Advisory’s Real Estate Consulting group. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst with Standard Chartered Bank and with Citigroup’s private banking division.
Mr. Kamath holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Rochester and an M.S. in Economics and Finance from Cardiff University, U.K. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Additionally, he serves on the Alumni Board of the Simon Business School, University of Rochester.