About Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.

Houlihan Smith ("Houlihan") is a national investment banking firm that specializes in providing financial opinions, valuation services and corporate advisory to public and private businesses. Our firm has more than 100 experienced professionals with extensive industry expertise. This enables us to quickly respond and efficiently handle complex client engagements. Established in 1996, Houlihan is a registered broker-dealer and FINRA member committed to the highest levels of professional standards. The Houlihan name is synonymous with valuation and dealmaking expertise, leveraging years of experience, reputation and relationships.

Special Committees and Boards of Directors frequently engage Houlihan to help navigate through both common and unforeseen fiduciary pitfalls. Houlihan has provided financial opinions for some of the largest publicly traded companies as well as for complex private transactions. Our experience and understanding in areas of independence and corporate governance is the reason we are a leading provider of financial opinions and valuations.

We are also a recognized leader in corporate advisory services, having successfully transacted over 500 merger and acquisition, capital restructuring, private placement, bankruptcy services, and ESOP advisory engagements. Every client situation is unique; therefore, we take the time to understand our client’s needs in order to best match buyers and sellers, arrange appropriate financing, and create capitalization structures that optimize our client’s potential.