Houlihan Lokey appoints Collinson

Katharine Hidalgo
11 June 2019

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Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has appointed William Blair's Michael Collinson as managing director in the consumer, food and retail group.

In his new role, Collinson will lead the company's consumer products group in Europe and act as an adviser to clients.

Collinson joins from William Blair's European consumer and retail investment banking department, where he was responsible for transaction origination and execution. Prior to joining William Blair in 2015, Collinson worked at Jefferies, where he was the European co-head of consumer and retail investment banking.

Collinson has also previously worked at The Royal Bank of Scotland/ABN Amro as a managing director in the consumer industries group and at Credit Suisse First Boston in M&A, capital raising and corporate finance for the consumer goods sector.

The appointment follows Houlihan Lokey's recent promotion of James Scallan to managing director in the London office. The investment bank's consumer, food and retail team advised on 26 transactions in 2018.