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Mr Craig Hilts

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’s DCM team is noted particularly for its experience in the life sciences and tech spaces. Brian Johnson and Lisa Firenze lead the team in New York; both partners have considerable experience leading on emerging company representations. Stuart Falber in Boston is chair of the firm’s life sciences sector and stands out for his work for major players in this space, including both emerging and mature companies as well as investment banks. Molly Fox, also in Boston, is active in both the life sciences and tech sectors, advising companies, underwriters, and venture capital funds on a variety of DCM transactions. Craig Hilts, Cynthia Mazareas, and Caroline Dotolo are also key contacts in the firm’s Boston office.
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
Drawing upon strong multi-jurisdictional capabilities- predominantly with Europe- the WilmerHale team is ‘calm under pressure’ when handling IPOs, follow-on public offerings, and complex SPAC transactions. Representing both issuers and managers, the practice shows a special focus on the medtech and medical industries, with the New York-based duo of Brian Johnson and Lisa Firenze leading the outfit. In Boston, Stuart Falber regularly counsels mature public companies and investment banks, and Molly Fox is a corporate finance expert, while Craig Hilts is knowledgeable on convertible debt offerings. Also in Boston, Cynthia Mazareas and Caroline Dotolo are also noted as key.
Lawyer Rankings
- Capital markets: debt offerings United States > Finance
- Capital markets: equity offerings United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation