Robert Hyer Joins Houlihan Lokey to Launch Financial Technology Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, announced that Robert E. Hyer, Jr. has joined the firm as a Managing Director and head of the Financial Technology Group.

“We continue to aggressively add senior talent to the firm and this is another example of that happening in a key area”

Mr. Hyer, a 23-year veteran investment banker formerly with Greenhill & Co. and Citigroup, will lead the practice, focusing exclusively on companies in the financial technology industry. He will be joined by Bruce Urbanek, a financial technology specialist formerly with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.

“We continue to aggressively add senior talent to the firm and this is another example of that happening in a key area,” said Scott Adelson, Senior Managing Director and global co-head of Corporate Finance. “Rapid change in the financial technology industry is presenting new opportunities and Bob’s history of successful advisory work in this area will be instrumental to our growth going forward.”

Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hyer was a managing director at Greenhill & Co., where he advised KKR on the $27 billion acquisition of First Data, and Ceridian in their proxy defense and $5.2 billion sale to TH Lee. During his 19-year tenure at Citigroup, Mr. Hyer established Citi’s global electronic services group, advising clients including Certegy, PayPal, E*Trade, Fiserv, MasterCard, Concord EFS, Heartland, MoneyGram and NYCE.

Mr. Hyer is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business. He is registered with FINRA as a General Securities Principal (Series 7, 24 and 63) and a Limited Representative – Investment Banking (Series 79).

Mr. Urbanek received his B.S. in finance and entrepreneurship/small business management from Florida State University. He is registered with FINRA as a General Securities Representative (Series 7 and 63) and a Limited Representative – Investment Banking (Series 79).

About Houlihan Lokey

Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm was ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $3 billion in 2009 and the No. 1 U.S. fairness opinion advisor over the past 10 years by Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm advised on more than 500 restructuring transactions valued in excess of $1.25 trillion over the past 10 years. Notable engagements cover numerous sectors and virtually all of the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcies, including Lehman Brothers, General Motors, WorldCom and Enron. The firm has more than 800 employees in 14 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Each year we serve more than 1,000 clients ranging from closely held companies to Global 500 corporations.