Houlihan Lokey announced that David Villa has joined the firm's Financial Services Group as a Managing Director covering specialty finance companies and depositories. He is based in New York. Mr. Villa joins from Credit Suisse's Financial Institutions Group, where he was tasked with the origination and execution of M&A transactions and capital markets financings for specialty finance, depositories, and fintech clients. Prior experience also includes roles in RBC Capital Markets' and Citigroup's Financial Institutions
groups. Mr. Villa holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University. With more than 50 bankers located in five offices around the world, Houlihan Lokey's Financial Services Group has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital raising, restructuring, and valuation across nearly every segment of the financial services sector. The Group has been the top advisor to specialty finance clients in North America for the past 10 years based on
number of transactions, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.