Mr. Shah is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s EMEA Restructuring Group and advises debtor and creditor clients in Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and India. He has more than two decades of experience advising clients on financial restructurings and capital markets transactions across a wide range of sectors and geographies. Mr. Shah is based in the firm’s London office.
Mr. Shah’s financial restructuring and distressed engagements include Edcon Ltd., Folli Follie S.A., Global Cloud Xchange, KCA Deutag, and Prezzo Ltd. His notable engagements prior to joining Houlihan Lokey include Barchester Healthcare, Mouchel Group, Norske Skog ASA, Pfleiderer, Royal Imtech BV, Selecta, and Stemcor.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Shah had a 12-year career at Goldman Sachs, where he held a number of roles within the debt restructuring, leveraged finance, and credit risk management groups. Before that, he held strategy and business development positions at Jaico Securities and Citigroup. Mr. Shah began his career in the Financial Sponsors coverage group at Salomon Brothers.
Mr. Shah holds a BA in Economics and Art History from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.