Mr. Fazlinejad is a member of Houlihan Lokey’s Oil & Gas Group. He is responsible for advising companies on merger, acquisition, joint venture, divestiture, restructuring, and capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa regions. Mr. Fazlinejad has more than 20 years of experience in M&A and capital markets. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, he was Head of M&A at Berenberg, where he focused on growing the investment banking platform and maintaining relationships in the global energy and infrastructure industry. Prior to Berenberg, Mr. Fazlinejad served as Head of European Energy and Infrastructure Investment Banking at TD Securities. At TD, he had primary coverage responsibility of the supermajors, NOCs, and independents as well as small and mid-cap energy companies across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. His client base further included commodity traders, private equity, pension, and sovereign wealth funds. In addition to his investment banking experience, Mr. Fazlinejad was a founding member of Ortus Petroleum, an entrepreneurial oil and gas venture in the UK North Sea. Mr. Fazlinejad holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Emory University and the Cass Business School.