Houlihan Lokey, Inc. announced that Kartik Sudeep has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its FinTech Group. Mr. Sudeep is based in New York and will lead and build upon the firm?s payments coverage efforts within FinTech. Mr. Sudeep joins from Moelis & Company, where he was a Managing Director and senior coverage officer for FinTech, advising corporates and financial sponsors on a range of M&A and financing transactions across the payments sector.

Prior to Moelis, he held roles in Jefferies? Technology Investment Banking Group, including as a senior coverage officer for the financial technology, payments, and software sectors.