Job Description

Business Unit:

Capital Solutions

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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.

Capital Solutions

Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group was named World’s Best and Europe’s Best for Capital Markets Advisory at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026. The group comprises more than 240 professionals globally and offers clients a broad range of tailored financing alternatives and strategic financial advice in the public and private capital markets through the issuance of debt, equity, or hybrid securities. Our team has raised ~$42 billion across over 140 transactions in the past 12 months* and has a presence in 18 offices and eight countries globally. With deep expertise in both private and public markets, we are committed to delivering innovative, value-enhancing solutions that support long-term success for our clients. The European Capital Solutions team is comprised of more than 100 professionals in Europe operating out of offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Zurich. The European team continues to grow, advising clients across numerous industries and sectors, and has dedicated teams providing PE and Corporate Debt Advisory, Infrastructure Capital Advisory, Real Estate Advisory, Hybrid Capital Advisory, Equity Private Placements, Direct Equity, GP- and LP-led Secondaries, Primary Capital Advisory, and GP Advisory. *LTM as of September 30, 2026.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our rapidly expanding Real Estate Capital Solutions team in Frankfurt.

This role offers a unique combination of high local autonomy and substantial pan-European scale: sitting alongside our Director in Frankfurt, you will benefit from direct, senior-level mentorship and early deal visibility, while working in close daily collaboration with our larger execution hubs in Munich and London. You will contribute directly to the execution of high-profile transactions across Germany and the wider EMEA region.

Our deal mandates span the full real estate lifecycle and capital stack—including strategic advisory on portfolio sales, classic debt advisory (acquisition, refinancing, and construction financings), and complex distressed liability management and debt restructurings.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building, auditing, and maintaining complex financial and cash flow underwriting models from scratch for real estate assets, development projects, and corporate platforms.
• Assisting the preparation of high-impact pitch books, confidential investment memoranda, lender presentations, and financing memoranda.
• Supporting the end-to-end execution of capital markets mandates, coordinating active processes across strategic acquisitions, divestitures, and refinancings.
• Assisting in structuring and executing large-scale debt advisory and liability management mandates for borrowers and banking syndicates facing complex balance-sheet or default situations.
• Conducting detailed market, asset-level, and corporate analyses to evaluate sector fundamentals, capital sources, and new transaction opportunities across DACH and EMEA.
• Managing day-to-day transaction workflows, including virtual data rooms (VDRs), investor/lender tracking lists, and direct coordination with clients, legal, tax, and technical advisors.

Basic Qualifications

• 2–3 years of prior professional experience within real estate debt advisory, real estate private equity, investment banking/M&A, real estate investment management, or capital markets teams.
• Fluency in German and English (both written and spoken) is essential.
• Demonstrated track record of building and managing dynamic real estate cash flow models and debt sizing analyses.
• Strong grasp of real estate valuation methodologies, capital structures, and credit fundamentals; familiarity with loan facility agreements and term sheets is a significant advantage.
• Excellent academic credentials, preferably with a degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, Business Administration, or Accounting.
• High attention to detail and strong process management skills, with the ability to manage multiple live workstreams in a fast-paced transaction environment.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• A clear commitment to and passion for the real estate and capital advisory sector.
• Social maturity and self-direction to operate effectively in a lean local team setup, combined with strong collaborative skills to partner seamlessly with colleagues in Munich, London, and other European offices.
• Prior experience interfacing directly with lenders, institutional sponsors, or third-party advisors on live transactions.
• High intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn across both healthy capital markets and complex restructuring situations.

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.

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