Houlihan Lokey hires Dan Buffery as managing director

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI) has appointed Dan Buffery as a managing director in its Capital Solutions Group, where he will help lead the firm's North American GP-led secondaries advisory practice within Equity Capital Solutions, according to a press release from the company.

Buffery joins from HarbourVest Partners, where he spent nearly 10 years, most recently as a managing director in its Infrastructure and Real Assets Group. In that role, he led GP- and LP-led secondaries investments, served as a voting member of the Real Assets Investment Committee, and acted as portfolio manager for the HarbourVest Infrastructure Income Partnership. Before HarbourVest, he spent 10 years at OPTrust as a director in the Private Equity and Infrastructure Group.

Buffery is based in New York.

Houlihan Lokey's Capital Solutions Group includes more than 200 professionals across 18 offices in eight countries. In the 12 months ending March 31, 2026, the group raised and advised on over $38 billion across more than 140 transactions.

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