Jeffrey Dorst

Managing Director | Houlihan Lokey

Mr. Dorst is a member and Liability Management practice leader in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. He has more than three decades of experience in the debt capital markets providing balance sheet management solutions to issuers and leading the structuring and execution of cash tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and other corporate actions.

Mr. Dorst brings global transaction experience in high-yield, leveraged loans, convertible securities, and investment-grade and emerging-markets debt. He has represented such issuers as Affinion, Bausch Health, Carlson Travel, CBS, CEDC, Dex One, Dominican Republic, EchoStar / Dish Network, EOG Resources, Hutchinson Technologies, KEPCO, Luckin Coffee, PEMEX, PetSmart, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Republic of Argentina, Republic of Colombia, U.S. Steel, and Walmart.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Dorst was an Executive Director and Co-Head of the Liability Management Group at UBS. Before UBS, he held similar positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Dorst started his career at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. in the Financial Institutions Division.

In addition, Mr. Dorst is the Corporate Action Advisor to The Credit Roundtable, a bondholder advocacy organization. He has also been a presenter and conference panelist for the European Leveraged Finance Association and the Canadian Bond Investors Association. Mr. Dorst is also the firm’s principal representative to the Emerging Markets Trade Association.