Mr. Lillo is a board member at Houlihan Lokey Italy and a Managing Director in the Consumer Group. He works with all industry teams as well as the Financial Sponsors and Capital Markets groups, specializing in the food and beverage and luxury sectors. Mr. Lillo has advised numerous European companies across various sectors on M&A transactions, complex equity and debt capital raises, and financial restructurings. He is based in the firm’s Milan office.
Previously, Mr. Lillo was a Director at Leonardo & Co., which entered into a joint venture with Houlihan Lokey in Italy and now operates under the Houlihan Lokey brand. Prior to joining Leonardo & Co., he worked at Capitalia S.p.A. in the M&A department (now merged into UniCredit Group). Mr. Lillo actively collaborates with LUISS Guido Carli University on its Real Estate Finance course and with UniVertis on its Master’s program for Financial Analysts.
In the past five years at Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Lillo has advised on more than 30 transactions in the food and beverage sector, including the sales of Nutkao to Teralys (Al Mada), Dolciaria Acquaviva to Vandemoortele Group, Hi-Food to CSM Ingredients (Investindustrial), Parker Food to Investindustrial, and Eat Natural to Ferrero, as well as the acquisitions of Salpa & Cherubini by Apheon and Fox’s by Ferrero.
Mr. Lillo holds a degree in Economics from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.