Houlihan Lokey appoints two new managing directors

In his new role, Keller will be based in Frankfurt and lead the firm's financial sponsor coverage in the DACH region.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, he worked for HSBC, where he was a managing director and head of leveraged & acquisition finance in Germany. Previously, he spent 16 years at Unicredit Bank, latterly as a managing director in financial sponsor solutions.

Sharkey joins Houlihan Lokey as a managing director in the financial sponsor's coverage team in London, to focus on covering hedge funds, alternative investors, and financial institutions.

Prior to this, she was an investment consultant to real estate and private equity funds, and a managing director at both Castlelake and Carval Investors, focusing on European credit opportunities.

This announcement follows the recent appointment of Leon Gillespie, who joined the firm's London team from Canaccord Genuity last October to focus on UK private equity clients.

Houlihan Lokey's Financial Sponsors Group consists of 18 senior officers based across Europe and the US, covering around 750 private equity firms, 200 hedge funds and 100 family offices.

Recent European transactions advised by the group include the sale of Tangerine for Blackstone to Valeo; the sale of Ipan for Warburg Pincus to Castik Capital; and the sale of Tails.com for Octopus to Nestlé.

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