Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Rob Kordas has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Industrials Group. Mr. Kordas is based in Chicago and will lead coverage of the energy field services and equipment sector. Mr. Kordas joins from RBC Capital Markets, where he most recently was a Managing Director and Head of Energy Services & Equipment, advising corporates and financial sponsors on a range of M&A and financing transactions across the energy services and equipment sector for 15 years.

Prior to RBC, he was a Vice President at Moelis & Co., where his coverage focused on industrials. Houlihan Lokey?s Industrials Group combines deep end-market expertise, transaction experience, and market relationships to deliver superior outcomes for clients across the industrials landscape. In 2022, the firm was ranked as the No.

1 investment banking M&A advisor for all U.S. industrials transactions based on data from Refinitiv, excluding accounting firms and brokers.