Mr. Paya is a Vice President in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. His experience includes representing debtors, creditors, and investors in large- and middle-market domestic and cross-border companies. Mr. Paya is based in the firm’s Chicago office.
Mr. Paya’s select transaction experience includes advising Foster Poultry Farms on its recapitalization and sale transaction to Atlas Holdings; Carestream Health on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization; Shiloh Industries on its sale transaction executed in Chapter 11; Christian Care Centers on its exploration of strategic alternatives and ultimate sale transaction executed in Chapter 11; Choice Health on its sale to Alight Solutions; HealthEZ on its sale to Abry Partners; and Alpha Technics on its sale to TE Connectivity.
Mr. Paya holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.