Craig Hilts
Partner
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.
Experience
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Equity Offerings
- Agios Pharmaceuticals in its $294.1 million follow-on public offering
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals in its $150 million initial public offering and $1.75 billion in multiple follow-on public offerings
- Constellation Pharmaceuticals in its $60 million initial public offering, $450 million in multiple follow-on public offerings and $65 million private placement
- Cue Health in its $230 million initial public offering
- Fulcrum Therapeutics in its $125 million initial public offering, $150 million follow-on public offering and $68.5 million private placement
- Karyopharm Therapeutics in its $165 million private placement
- Pandion Therapeutics in its $135 million initial public offering
- Solid Biosciences in its $125 million follow-on public offering
- Translate Bio in its $121.6 million initial public offering
- Verve Therapeutics in its $306 million initial public offering and $225 follow-on public offering
- Underwriters in the $655 million initial public offering of Dynatrace and multiple follow-on public offering by stockholders of Dynatrace
- Underwriters in the $90 million initial public offering of Graybug Vision
- Underwriters in the $143.8 million initial public offering of Ikena Oncology
- Underwriters in the $172.5 million initial public offering of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
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Debt Offerings
- Analog Devices in its $300 million public offering of senior notes
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals in multiple private placements of $540 million of convertible notes and private exchanges of convertible notes for common stock
- Karyopharm Therapeutics in its $150 million private placement of convertible notes
- Medtronic in its €3.5 billion public offering of senior notes
- TechTarget in its $360 million private placement of convertible notes
Recognition
- Named a 2021 Top Rising Star by The Deal
Insights & News
Credentials
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Education
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JD, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2008
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BA, Economics and Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2003
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Admissions
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Massachusetts
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New York
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Credentials
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Education
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JD, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 2008
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BA, Economics and Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2003
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Admissions
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Massachusetts
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New York
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