Mr. Burian is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s world-leading restructuring practice. He specializes in advising public and private companies and creditor groups in complex restructurings, financings, and other transactions. Mr. Burian also specializes in raising capital for troubled businesses and often represents debtor and creditor constituencies in pre-packaged, pre-negotiated, and other bankruptcy proceedings. He is especially proud of his work crafting creative solutions and forging the consensus necessary to effectuate complex solutions without court proceedings. He is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. Burian is also Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group, which is a leading independent M&A, capital markets, and strategic advisor to middle-market and larger real estate companies.
Throughout his career, Mr. Burian has been involved as an advisor in a wide range of restructuring and real estate transactions, including Answers.com; Barneys New York; CEVA Logistics; Constellis Holdings, LLC; Extended Stay America; HealthSouth; Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives; JCPenney; J.Crew; Kaisa Group Holdings; Le Cirque; Lehman Brothers; Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals; Mark IV Automotive; MSR Hotels & Resorts Inc.; Nine West Holdings; NPC International; Party City; Payless Shoes; Pinnacle Agriculture; Plymouth Industrial REIT; Production Resource Group; Purdue Pharma; RCS Capital; Sears Holdings; Transeastern Properties, Inc.; TriMark; Toys “R” Us; and Winn-Dixie stores. He has advised investors in acquiring distressed assets and is a frequent speaker on restructuring, M&A, and real estate topics.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Burian was a partner in the New York law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, where he specialized in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. During his 12 years at Kramer Levin, he represented a broad spectrum of clients who were often the primary at-risk constituency in the relevant in- and out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcies, including bank lenders, debtors, creditor committees, and secondary purchasers of distressed indebtedness.
Mr. Burian received a B.A. with honors in Economics from Yeshiva University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.