Business Unit:
Corporate Finance
Industry:
Consumer


Overview
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.


Corporate Finance
Houlihan Lokey has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of U.S. and international clients. Our experience in M&A has earned us consistent recognition throughout the industry. In 2025, LSEG ranked our firm the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions.


Consumer
Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer Group is the No. 1 Consumer M&A team in the U.S. (according to data from LSEG*), guiding companies on their M&A, restructuring, and financial advisory matters, and assisting in raising debt and equity capital. In 2025, Houlihan Lokey’s global Consumer team completed 79 deals. The group has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to companies in the consumer industry, combining extensive market capabilities with in-depth industry knowledge to help maximize shareholder value for its clients.
*Excludes accounting firms and brokers.
Job Description
In Corporate Finance, Summer Financial Analysts may work on a variety of transactions that provide exposure to various investment banking services and client industries. These services include mergers and acquisitions, private placements of debt and equity, refinancings, and leveraged buyouts. Throughout the summer, you will work with a highly talented and dedicated staff of professionals who will give you broad exposure to the many different issues and concerns affecting businesses today.
You will research and analyze financial statements, general and industry-specific economic conditions and developments, acquisitions and divestitures, and various in