Mr. Fazlinejad is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Oil & Gas Group and is responsible for the MENA and APAC regions. He is primarily focused on the coverage of NOCs, independents, as well as small and mid-cap energy companies across the value chain. Mr. Fazlinejad has more than 20 years of experience advising companies on merger, acquisition, joint venture, divestiture, restructuring, and capital markets transactions. Mr. Fazlinejad is based in the firm’s Dubai office. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, he was Head of M&A at Berenberg, where he focused on growing the investment banking platform and maintained relationships with the global energy and infrastructure industry. Prior to Berenberg, he served as Head of European Energy and Infrastructure at TD Securities. In addition to his investment banking career, Mr. Fazlinejad was a founding member of Ortus Petroleum, an oil and gas venture in the U.K. North Sea. Mr. Fazlinejad holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Emory University and the Cass Business School.