Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Michael Schwartz has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in New York, Mr. Schwartz will support and enhance the firm?s private capital financing efforts across all industry verticals. Mr. Schwartz joins following seven years at Lazard, where he most recently was a Managing Director and Head of the Private Financing Group focused on executing capital raises for private equity and other privately owned clients of Lazard.

Prior to Lazard, he was a Managing Director in the Debt Capital Markets group at Cowen and Company. Mr. Schwartz?s hire follows the recent additions of Brent Shepherd and Michael Hommeyer to the Capital Markets team, who have also joined as managing directors.