Mr.
Sandahl is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. His
experience includes representing companies, creditors, sponsors, and other
constituents in restructuring, capital-raising, and M&A transactions. Mr.
Sandahl is based in the firm’s Chicago office.
Mr. Sandahl’s select recent transactions
include: Viant Technology Inc., special
situations sale; Groeb Farms, sale and restructuring
through Chapter 11; Project Percy, capital structure amendment process;
Furniture Brands International, advising the Official Committee of Unsecured
Creditors in Chapter 11; Momentive Performance Materials, advising the Ad Hoc
Committee of Holders of Second Lien Notes; Northstar Aerospace, advising Boeing related
to the review of strategic alternatives and sale of a distressed supplier
through Chapter 11; advising Pacific Monarch Resorts in a sale and
restructuring through Chapter 11; advising Westgate Resorts secured lenders’ in
a comprehensive out-of-court restructuring and sale of the Planet Hollywood
Tower in Las Vegas; advising J.L. French Automotive in a
pre-negotiated Chapter 11 restructuring; advising a national flooring
distributor in a recapitalization; advising Atlantis Plastics in a sellside M&A transaction executed in
Chapter 11; and advising Wells’ Dairy in a refinancing transaction. He has
worked on a wide variety of other engagements for clients in the airline,
chemicals, consumer products, distribution, food, healthcare, metals, oil &
gas, real estate, and textile industries, among others.
Before
joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Sandahl was an Associate in
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ corporate finance group. Before that, he was an Analyst
in Bank of America’s portfolio management group.
Mr.
Sandahl holds a B.A. in Economics with a second major in Finance from
Washington University in St. Louis.