Houlihan Lokey has appointed Mayra Fregonesi as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, with responsibility for leading the investment bank’s coverage efforts across Latin America.
Fregonesi is based in São Paulo and brings more than 25 years of private capital markets experience, including senior relationships across institutional investors and alternative asset managers.
She joins Houlihan Lokey from Patria Investments, where she served as Managing Director and Global Head of Key Accounts.
At Patria, Fregonesi worked with major institutional investors globally across the firm’s private markets strategies and developed customized investment solutions, including managed accounts and co-investments separately.
Before Patria, she served as Head of Investor Relations and Fundraising at GP Investments.
Fregonesi began her career at Merrill Lynch.
Her experience spans capital formation, complex capital solutions and strategic partnerships, providing Houlihan Lokey with additional senior coverage capabilities as private equity firms and other private capital investors pursue liquidity and investment opportunities across Latin America.
The firm said Fregonesi has established relationships across a wide range of private markets participants, including alternative investment firms, family offices, multifamily offices, conglomerates, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors.
Houlihan Lokey plans to connect those relationships with its broader capabilities across private capital advisory, M&A, capital solutions and financial restructuring.
Her appointment also reflects the firm’s strategy of placing senior investment bankers directly alongside financial sponsor clients in key markets.
Latin America has become an increasingly important market for private capital managers seeking new financing, liquidity and strategic solutions while both regional and international investors continue evaluating opportunities across the region.
Fregonesi will work with Houlihan Lokey’s teams globally to expand the range of products and services delivered to financial sponsors and institutional investors in Latin America.
KEY QUOTES:
”Mayra brings deep, global relationships across the private markets ecosystem, including alternative investment firms, family and multifamily offices, conglomerates, sovereign wealth funds, and other leading institutional investors. Her track record working with clients and tailoring solutions to their needs is a perfect fit for our platform as we hone and expand our suite of products and services to meet the evolving and often bespoke needs of our clients across Latin America,”
Bruno Baratta, Head of Brazil at Houlihan Lokey
“We have built our financial sponsors franchise by putting senior, deeply relationship-driven investment bankers close to their clients,” said Kevin Salmini, Global Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Sponsors Group. “Mayra brings two decades of exactly those relationships across Latin America, and connecting this client base to the full breadth of our platform is a natural next step for the franchise,”
Kevin Salmini, Global Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Sponsors Group
“Latin America is at an important point in the private capital cycle, with sponsors increasingly seeking liquidity, capital, and strategic solutions, while local and international investors continue to pursue attractive opportunities across the region,” said Ms. Fregonesi. “I am excited to broaden the way I serve clients and relationships I have built over many years by connecting them to the full capabilities of Houlihan Lokey’s global platform. The firm’s pre-eminence in private capital advisory, M&A, and financial restructuring, together with its deep sector expertise, global reach, and local execution capabilities, creates a powerful platform to serve clients in Latin America wherever their needs and opportunities may take them. Its independence, corporate culture, and approach to client service match perfectly with my own ‘client-first’ philosophy, and I look forward to partnering with Bruno and my colleagues around the world to deliver the full breadth of the firm’s capabilities to our clients.”
Mayra Fregonesi, Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey
