Houlihan Lokey announced that Andrew Ziegler has joined the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services team as a Managing Director. Ziegler is based in New York and will assist the firm’s corporate and financial sponsor clients on a range of domestic and cross-border M&A tax matters.
 
“As a highly respected M&A tax advisor with more than 15 years of experience, Andrew has an outstanding reputation for providing large financial sponsors and corporates with the superior client focus and transaction advisory expertise our clients have come to expect from us,” said Drew Koecher, Global Co-Head of Financial and Valuation Advisory at Houlihan Lokey. “Andrew is an excellent cultural fit with our team in all respects, and his joining meaningfully enhances the technical expertise and leadership we deliver to our clients as we continue to expand our M&A Tax Advisory capabilities to our global client base. We are delighted he has joined Houlihan Lokey.”

Ziegler joins Houlihan Lokey from KPMG, where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Tax group advising strategic buyers and financial sponsors as well as their portfolio companies on a wide range of corporate finance tax transactions, including M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, spinoffs, restructurings, and divestitures. He began his career in KPMG’s Business Tax Services practice in 2008.

“The opportunity to add my transaction experience and market relationships to a well-established yet still-growing M&A Tax Advisory platform is incredibly exciting for me. Houlihan Lokey’s growth around the world and the opportunities it creates for our clients make for a compelling proposition, and I’m excited to join the team and help our clients make the most of those opportunities,” said Ziegler.

Ziegler holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Georgetown University. He is also a CPA in the State of New York, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.