Charles Dexter

Mr. Dexter is a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey, where he is a senior banker in the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group, Head of Houlihan Lokey’s E&P Practice, and Co-Head of the firm’s Energy Group. Mr. Dexter is based in the New York office.

During his career, Mr. Dexter has worked on numerous financing, M&A, and restructuring engagements. He has advised companies, secured and unsecured creditors, and other stakeholders in both out-of-court and in-court restructurings, including “pre-packaged,” “pre-arranged,” and “free-fall” chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. In addition to domestic transactions, he has been involved in transactions for several Latin American-, European-, and South African-based companies, advising companies and stakeholders regarding the structuring and implementation of financings, M&A transactions, out-of-court exchange offers, and “pre-arranged” reorganizations in local jurisdictions. His notable engagements include: ATP Oil & Gas Corp.; Endeavour International, Inc.; Chesapeake Energy Corp.; Inglewood Engineering, LLC; Trident Resources Corp.; Beacon Power, LLC; U.S. Department of Energy Loan Program Office; U.S. Energy Corp.; GBGH Ltd.; Big West Oil, LLC; Solutia, Inc.; National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc. (formerly PG&E NEG); and Gas Transmission Northwest Corp., among others, within both the energy industry and a variety of other sectors.

Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Dexter was a manager of alternative lending at Commonfund Mortgage Corp., where he structured whole loan and portfolio fundings, sales, and securitizations involving a variety of asset-backed lending transactions. Earlier in his career, he held a similar position at MoneyLine Lending. Mr. Dexter began his career in finance, trading fixed income securities at NNJ, a private family wealth fund formerly based in San Francisco, Calif.

Mr. Dexter has authored, co-authored, and spoken on various topics, including: Trends in Financial Restructuring, Financing Markets in a Distressed Environment, Valuation Dynamics in Financial Restructuring, and Valuing Net Operating Losses, among others. Mr. Dexter currently serves on the Board of Directors of Inglewood Engineering, LLC, an entity established for the purpose of acquiring and operating oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Alaska.

Mr. Dexter earned a dual B.A. degree, cum laude, in Italian and International Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.