Vice President, Transaction Opinions / Fund Opinions / CVAS

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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. Financial and Valuation Advisory Over the past 50+ years, Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial and valuation advisory practices. Our transaction expertise and leadership in the field of valuation inspire confidence in the financial executives, boards of directors, special committees, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2025, LSEG ranked us the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years. Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide, across a wide range of services, including the Transaction Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, 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. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two consecutive years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG (formerly Refinitiv). Scope Our Board & Special Committee Advisory group provides advice to board of directors and special committees in valuing complex businesses and securities, understanding and structuring critical transaction issues, advising on alternatives, and rendering transaction opinions. The group primarily focuses on complex situations, related-party transactions, and other corporate governance issues for board of directors and special committees. Our Fund Opinions group delivers fairness opinions and valuation advisory services to financial sponsors, including private equity funds, hedge funds, and credit funds. We provide advice to these sponsors across a variety of situations, including mergers, acquisitions, continuation fund and other portfolio company transactions. The Corporate Valuation and Advisory Services group (CVAS) focuses on complex analytics, business valuations, financial models and other valuation services, frequently teaming with accounting and tax advisory, capital markets and M&A professionals.As the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, Houlihan Lokey enjoys industry-leading credibility in transaction opinions. Our dedicated Transaction Opinions group delivers fairness, solvency, and valuation advisory services across a variety of situations, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures/spin-offs, SPACs/PIPEs, recapitalizations, restructurings, and activist shareholder situations. Job Description Our Vice Presidents drive complex analytics, financial models and valuation analyses, oversee the work of our Associates and Financial Analysts, and interface directly with our clients. Vice Presidents support engagements and new business development by: - Acting as a project manager on multiple simultaneous client projects; - Analyzing and explaining historical and projected financial information; - Performing business and financial due diligence; - Valuing companies, businesses and securities; - Directing our Associates and Financial Analysts in the construction of complex financial models, financial analyses and client presentations; - Preparing board/special committee presentations supporting advice and opinions; and - Helping pitch engagements and participating in business development initiatives; In addition, the current role will have the additional responsibility and opportunity to help build out regional capabilities via hiring and training an expanding team, and being uniquely cross-functional within FVA

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Business Unit: Financial And Valuation Advisory Industry: Transaction Opinions

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