GAYANE KIRAKOSYAN
Managing Director
B. Riley Securities, Inc.
Gayane Kirakosyan is a managing director with B. Riley Securities, a leading middle market investment bank based in Los Angeles. She was previously affiliated with FocalPoint Partners, which was acquired by B. Riley Financial in January 2022. She has 20 years of investment banking experience advising companies on debt and equity capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings and bankruptcies.
Kirakosyan primarily works with middle market and sponsor-backed companies seeking capital for a variety of corporate purposes, including refinancing, growth capital, acquisition financing and rescue financing, among others. She has advised on financings across a wide range of capital structures, including asset-based, senior/first liens, unitranche, second liens, subordinated, mezzanine, and minority equity. Throughout her career, she has closed over $2.8 billion in transactions across a wide variety of industries and structures. Prior to her 17-year tenure with Focal- Point, Kirakosyan worked at Merrill Lynch & Co.
