Mr. Cazzoli is a Managing Director n Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer Group, where he leads consumer health and wellness coverage in North America. He has led successful transactions for privately held businesses, private equity firms, and public companies and maintains an active network of relationships with entrepreneurs, large corporations, and investors in the industry. Mr. Cazzoli is based in the firm’s New York office.
During his career, Mr. Cazzoli has advised clients on a broad range of transactions, including sellside and buyside assignments, corporate carve-outs, and leveraged buyouts (both domestic and cross-border), along with equity and debt capital raises.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Cazzoli was Head of Consumer Healthcare at Lincoln International. Before that, he was a Managing Director at Sawaya Partners, an M&A advisory firm specialized in consumer products, where he focused on the health and wellness sector. Earlier, Mr. Cazzoli was a Director in the Global Consumer Group at Barclays (previously Lehman Brothers) in New York and in London.
Mr. Cazzoli holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Universitá degli Studi di Bologna and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.