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Financial Sponsors Coverage

2025 Global Private Equity Financial Advisors Rankings

Source: The Deal.
Advisor	Deals
Houlihan Lokey	286
Rothschild	232
Jefferies	196
Goldman Sachs	164
JPMorgan Chase	162

Houlihan Lokey is among the leading advisors to alternative capital providers, with our Financial Sponsors Group being one of the largest dedicated teams of any investment bank.

Our Financial Sponsors team of more than 35 professionals includes 23 Managing Directors located in eight countries around the world and manages approximately 2,000+ relationships, including private equity firms, credit funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds.

We get to know them, their businesses, their strategies, and their portfolios inside out—and we deliver the firm, advising them on more transactions of importance than any other investment bank.

As the most active global M&A advisory firm, we provide a wealth of unique investment ideas and opportunities through the deep domain expertise of our corporate finance sector teams, which cover more than 160 industry sectors. Last year, we closed more than 450 M&A transactions globally, of which over 200 involved private equity—more than any other firm. For alternative capital providers, we are not just in the flow; we are the flow.

Our Clients Include the World’s Leading Global Alternative Asset Managers

As a firm, our focus is providing superior outcomes for clients, and our unrivaled industry knowledge and access to alternative capital providers is a key part of how we achieve this for our corporate clients.

Private Equity
Credit Managers
Family Offices
General Partners
Hedge Funds
Pension Funds
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Special Situation Investors

What This Means for You

Our expertise is a fundamental and integrated element of our advisory offering, working hand in glove with the deal teams to equip them with the knowledge they need about the alternative capital universe to offer the highest-quality, bespoke advice.

Through our extensive relationships, we have access to key decision-makers. We understand the strategic priorities of each investor, we have detailed knowledge of their investment processes, and we have extensive information on their buying behavior.

As such, we can ensure that only those investors that would be outstanding acquirers or partners for your company are involved in any transaction that you may undertake. And, throughout a transaction, we work alongside the deal team, monitoring and liaising with bidding investors.

We take pride in having the most active financial sponsors coverage team. Through this, we can offer a quality of advice no other advisor can, and that makes us different.

Accomplishments

No. 1 most active advisor to private equity globally (Source: The Deal)
Houlihan Lokey completed 380+ M&A and capital-raising transactions for financial sponsors clients in 2025
660+ private equity firms have chosen Houlihan Lokey in the past five years to advise on M&A or capital raises for their portfolio companies
Houlihan Lokey completed 249 M&A transactions for financial sponsors clients in 2025
Sponsors have approximately 2,000+ relationships, including private equity firms, credit funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds
691 discrete financial sponsors have hired Houlihan Lokey as a sellside advisor in the past five years
The Capital Solutions Group raised approximately $12.94 billion for financial sponsors clients in 2025

Selected Transactions

Hg Capital has acquired Permira's stake in P&I AG

Buyside Advisor

OWL Services, Inc., a portfolio company of Trive Capital

Senior Secured Term Loan

Refinancing

$275,000,000

Exclusive Placement Agent

GenNx360 Capital Partners has invested in NVI

Buyside Advisor

Cross Country Infrastructure Services, a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners, has been acquired by PSS Industrial Group, a portfolio company of Marblegate Asset Management

Sellside Advisor