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31 March 2010HOULIHAN LOKEY BOOSTS CHEMICALS PRACTICE AND HIRES CHRIS CERIMELE TO LEAD THE CHARGE
CHICAGO – March 31, 2010 – Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, announced today that Christopher D. Cerimele has joined the firm’s Industrials Group as a Director and Head of the Chemicals Practice. Mr. Cerimele will provide investment banking services to the chemicals industry globally, with coverage of all major sub-sectors including, but not limited to, organic and inorganic chemicals, specialty and fine chemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceutical chemicals and specialty materials.
Mr. Cerimele is an advisor to leading public corporations, private equity firms and privately held companies. He has significant cross-border transaction experience and has worked with clients based in Asia, Europe and North America, including: Akzo Nobel, American Pacific Corp., American Vanguard, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Cognis, GenCorp, Haas TCM, Kuraray, Lamberti, Lanxess, Marubeni, Polynt, Sekisui Chemical, SOLVAY, and Syrgis Performance Products, among many others.
“Chemicals is a key sector within the Industrials Group and Chris’ proven track record and leadership complement our existing strong chemicals franchise,” said Bill Peluchiwski, Co-Head of the Industrials Group. “Chris has considerable experience internationally which is key for our global platform,” added Jim Lavelle, Co-Head of the Industrials Group. “We are very excited to have him join the team.”
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Cerimele spent more than seven years with Lincoln International, where he founded the firm’s chemicals practice and served as its global co-head of chemicals and head of chemicals for North America. Under his leadership, Lincoln completed 25 chemicals transactions from 2006 to 2009, including eight in 2009.
Mr. Cerimele received a B.S. cum laude in accounting from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and registered with FINRA as a General Securities Principal (Series 7, 24 and 63) he also is a Limited Representative – Investment Banking (Series 79).
Houlihan Lokey is an international investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation serving clients for 40 years. The firm is ranked globally as the No. 1 restructuring advisor, the No. 1 M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 10 years, and the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $1 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. Houlihan Lokey has 14 offices and more than 800 employees in Europe, the United States and Asia. The firm serves more than 1,000 clients each year, ranging from closely held companies to Global 500 corporations.
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