Business Unit:
Corporate Finance
Industry:
Oil & Gas
Corporate Finance
Houlihan Lokey has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of U.S. and international clients. Our experience in M&A has earned us consistent recognition throughout the industry. In 2025, LSEG ranked our firm the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions.
Oil & Gas

Houlihan Lokey's Oil & Gas (O&G) Group is a recognized leader in providing a wide range of investment banking advisory services to companies and investors operating in the oil & gas industry.

This dedicated team of financial and technical professionals focuses primarily on large, complex transactions in the oil & gas industry, including across the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors as well as in molecule-related alternative energies.

The O&G Group is comprised of a global team with dedicated industry bankers in Houston, Dallas, New York, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong and regularly works on cross-border deals. The O&G Group is a cross-product industry vertical.

Responsibilities

As an Associate, you will:

• Prepare, analyze, and help explain historical and projected financial information
• Create financial models and value companies and businesses
• Coordinate and perform business due diligence
• Prepare confidential information memoranda, management presentations, and marketing pitches
• Lead the planning and execution of marketing engagements
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients and prospective clients, professional advisors, and other stakeholders
• Supervise and mentor junior staff

Requirements / Qualifications

The environment at Houlihan Lokey is results-driven and entrepreneurial. As such, it rewards top performers with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals and clients.

The following qualifications/skills are required:

• A strong academic track record
• 3-4 years of investment banking experience within either an M&A generalist or industry team (preferably Oil & Gas)
• A solid understanding of the sell-side M&A process, along with proven experience in successfully closing deals
• Fundamental understanding of financial valuation methodologies and applications
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical abilities; Strong NAV, DCF, and LBO modeling skills
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills
• Understanding of financial statements analysis with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats, and limitations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are essential
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Independent thinker and resourceful problem solver
• Strong work ethic, organizational skills, and ability to multitask
• Motivated and demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Compensation and Benefits
Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package, which may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation. The firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:
$175,000-$200,000
Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.
Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:

2026 Benefits