Analyst - Financial Restructuring (Dubai)

Business Unit:
Financial Restructuring Group
Industry:
GEN - General
Overview
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in
mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and
valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments
worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the
Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks
of the firm's commitment to client success across its advisory services.
Houlihan Lokey is the No. ‎1 M&A advisor for the past six consecutive years in
the U.S., the No. ‎1 global restructuring advisor for the past seven
consecutive years, and the No. ‎1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the
past ‎20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data
provided by Refinitiv.
Financial Restructuring
Houlihan Lokey has the largest, most experienced worldwide financial
restructuring practice of any investment banking firm, with more than ‎250
professionals located in offices across the globe. In ‎2020, we worked on more
than ‎175 restructuring-related transactions on behalf of companies, their
creditors and shareholders, and other constituents. Houlihan Lokey has advised
on more than ‎1,400 restructuring transactions, with aggregate debt claims in
excess of $‎3.0 trillion.
Our group employs an interdisciplinary approach to engagements and is
accustomed to evaluating complex, highly leveraged situations in short time
frames. We are also a recognized leader in achieving merger and acquisition
transactions for distressed companies.
Scope
The Financial Restructuring Group is looking to add an experienced analyst
(with, ideally, at least ‎1 -‎2 years of prior investment banking or equivalent
experience) to our team based in our Dubai office. Analysts have the
opportunity to assist on a variety of transactions, including creditor- and
debtor-side restructurings and distressed mergers & acquisitions.
Responsibilities
Analysts work on projects that provide exposure to various financial advisory
and investment banking products and industries. These services include:
* Advising companies and stakeholders in out-of-court restructuring transactions
* Provide advisory services in stressed and distressed situations
* Participating in complex negotiations on behalf of our clients
* Providing distressed M&A advisory
* Advisory in relation to debt and equity raising in the context of stressed and distressed situations
Analysts are typically members of deal teams, comprising at least one managing
director, vice president, associate and financial analyst.
Qualifications
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is results-driven and entrepreneurial and,
as such, rewards top performers with substantial responsibility and
interaction with senior-level professionals and clients.
The following qualifications are required:
* Have a strong academic track record and hold a ‎2:1 degree in accounting, economics and or finance
* A demonstrated genuine interest in Financial Restructuring and/or in working on complex and large financial transactions
* demonstrable experience within Leveraged Finance or Financial Restructuring
* Have an understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications
* Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills
* Strong LBO and DCF modelling skills
* Advanced oral, reading and writing skills in Arabic preferred, in addition to English
* Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
* An exceptional strong work ethic
The candidate must be motivated and have the ability to work cooperatively
with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately
rewarding environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.