Houlihan Lokey, Inc., an investment banking company, provides corporate finance, financial restructuring, and financial advisory services in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. The company's corporate finance services include provision of advisory services for public and private institutions on buy side and sell side transactions, leveraged loans, private mezzanine debt, high-yield debt, initial public offerings, follow-ons, convertibles, equity private placements, private equity and liability management transactions, and financial sponsors on various transactions; and financing solutions and capital-raising advisory services for a range of corporate and private equity clients in various industry verticals comprising publicly-held, multinational corporations, financial sponsors, and privately-held companies founded and run by entrepreneurs. Its financial restructuring services comprise provision of advisory services for companies undergoing financial restructuring and creditor constituencies at various levels of the capital structure, in out-of-court negotiations, and in formal bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. The company's financial advisory services comprise fairness and solvency opinions, and other types of valuation opinions issued in connection with a transaction; valuation opinions and other services to private equity firms and hedge funds; tax and financial reporting valuation services; and financial due diligence, dispute resolution, and strategic consulting services. It serves aerospace and defense; business services; consumer, food, and retail; financial institutions; healthcare; industrials; and technology, media, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Houlihan Lokey, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corporation.