Mr. Braun is a member of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. He specializes in liability management, financial restructuring, special situations, and structured financing transactions. Mr. Braun’s expertise lies in structuring and negotiating complex out-of-court transactions. He co-led the $12 billion Lumen exchange, which included numerous individual transactions at its debt silos and a steerco of 17 investment advisors.

Mr. Braun has advised companies and creditors on a range of in-court and out-of-court transactions. 

Company Engagements: Bausch Health, Bumble Bee Seafoods, Forming Machining Industries, HDT Global, PHI Group, SandRidge Energy, Speedy Cash, Strategic Retail Partners, Waypoint Leasing, and Wheel Pros (I & II).

Creditor Engagements: 2U, Altegrity, Beyond Meat, Cash Store Financial Services, CHC Group, Constellis Holdings, Erickson Air-Crane, GEO Group, Getty Images, GNC, Live Person, Lumen, Molycorp, Sequa, Service King, Shutterfly, Springs Window Fashions, and The Brock Group.

Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Braun was an Associate at Rothschild, where he advised companies and sponsors in a range of restructuring transactions. Before that, he worked at Development Specialists, where he provided operational restructuring advice, valuation services, and litigation support to debtors and creditors. 

Mr. Braun holds a B.A. from Vassar College, an M.S. in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.