John-Paul Hanson

John-Paul Hanson is a managing director at Houlihan Lokey in New York, where he heads its E&P Group and co-heads the firm's Energy Group. He also works out of the firm's Hoston office. Through- out his career, Mr. Hanson has worked on numerous financing, M&A and financial restructuring en- gagements. 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 re- garding the structuring and implementation of financings, M&A transactions, out-of-court exchange offers and "pre-arranged" reorganizations in local jurisdictions. In financial 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. His notable engagements include ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Endeavour International, Inc., Chesa- peake Energy Corp., Quicksilver Resources, Inc., Samson Resources Corp., BPZ Energy Corp., Tri- dent Resources Corp., Magnum Hunter Energy, Swift Energy Corp., 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. and Gas Transmission Northwest Corp., among others, within both the energy industry and a variety of other sectors. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hanson was a manager of alternative lending at Commonfund Mortgage Corp., where he structured whole loan and portfolio fund- ings, sales and securitizations involving a variety of asset-backed lending transactions. He has authored, co-authored and spoken on various topics, and currently serves on the board of directors of Bennu Oil & Gas, LLC, an entity established for the purpose of acquiring and operating oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Hanson received his dual B.A. cum laude in Italian and international finance from Brigham Young University, and his M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.