Mr Craig Hilts > WilmerHale > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

WilmerHale
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States

Work Department

Capital Markets; Corporate Governance and Disclosure; Debt Finance; Emerging Company and Venture Capital; Life Sciences; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology

Position

Partner

Career

Craig Hilts is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. His practice focuses on advising domestic and foreign issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions, corporate governance and public company reporting matters, with a particular emphasis on the life sciences and technology industries.

Mr. Hilts has successfully represented clients in a wide range of complex capital markets transactions, including numerous initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, PIPEs, at-the-market offerings senior debt offerings, convertible debt offerings and liability management transaction.

Mr. Hilts regularly advises life companies on financing transactions, SEC reporting requirements, complex disclosure issues, stock exchange requirements and corporate governance issues. He also frequently represents investment banks in initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings in the life sciences industry.

Mr. Hilts served on the Business Transactions section of the Boston Bar Association from 2018–2020.

For several years, Mr. Hilts was a member of the Young Executive Board of a nonprofit organization dedicated to motivating young students in disadvantaged neighborhoods to become readers by bringing authors to participate in in-class discussions.

Mr. Hilts completed the 2013 New York Marathon.

Memberships

  • Massachusetts
  • New York

Education

  • JD, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2008
  • BA, Economics and Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2003

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings

WilmerHale has a steady flow of DCM engagements from technology, life sciences, financial services and other companies. The firm is active in exchangeable offers, convertible debt and private placements, and has landed a number of bulge-bracket senior note offerings engagements. Molly Fox and Craig Hilts are key partners in Boston, along with Justin Ochs in Washington DC.