Mr.
Shortland is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Data & Analytics Group. He has
nearly two decades of M&A experience
across
Europe
and the US. He is based in the firm’s London office.
Mr.
Shortland has worked on numerous M&A transactions predominantly in the
software and data & analytics sectors across a range of verticals,
predominantly in financial services, fintech, aviation, and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey,
his notable transactions
included
the
sale of Voogd
& Voogd to
Five Arrows Principal Investments,
advising
the shareholders of Dynamo Group Ltd on a majority investment from Francisco Partners,
advising
Third Bridge Group Ltd
on
an investment from IK
Investment
Partners,
advising FactSet on
its acquisition of BISAM Technologies,
the sale
of 4sight
Financial
Software to Broadridge
Financial Solutions, the sale
of AerData Group B.V. to Boeing,
and
advising Five Arrows Principal Investments on its acquisition of Karnov Group.
Mr.
Shortland was
a
Managing Director with Quayle Munro prior to its acquisition by Houlihan Lokey
in 2018. Before
Quayle Munro,
he spent
two and a half years as Head of Corporate Development in Thomson
Reuters’
Markets
division
and
has held a number of senior-level
business
and M&A roles within Reuters plc.
Mr.
Shortland holds
a
degree in Commerce from
the University of Birmingham and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.