Houlihan Lokey has acquired the real estate capital advisory business of Mellum Capital as it looks to strengthen its offering in that segment of the market.
German-headquartered Mellum Capital advises financial institutions, investors and corporate clients in the real estate sector on equity investments, debt placements, structured finance, liability management and strategic advisory.
Mellum Capital’s founding partners Heinrich Hauss and Markus Reule will join Houlihan Lokey as managing directors within its capital solutions team, where they will lead the firm’s real estate capital advisory offering in Europe.
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“This transaction is a natural extension of our strategy to build the market-leading capital solutions practice, and significantly enhances our ability to deliver tailored, high-impact advice across the real estate sector,” said Gregg Newman, global co-head of capital solutions at Houlihan Lokey. “This announcement follows our recent expansion into infrastructure debt advisory in the region and underscores our commitment to growing our European business.”
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The Mellum Capital team, with 11 professionals, will be fully integrated into Houlihan Lokey’s capital solutions group under the global investment bank’s brand.
“Together, we are uniquely positioned to offer clients the full suite of complex cross-border real estate investment banking advisory services across debt advisory, liability management, structured finance, and strategic advisory,” said Reule.
The activities of Mellum Real Estate, the real estate brokerage subsidiary, are not included in the transaction and will remain under their existing ownership, the firms said.
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