Evan A.
Hill

Mr. Hill has played leading roles in representing companies through some of the most significant and complex restructurings over the past decade. His experience encompasses out‑of‑court workouts (including liability management exchanges, private credit restructurings, Article 9 sales and assignments for the benefit of creditors), prepackaged and prearranged chapter 11 cases and complex multijurisdictional cross border restructurings. Mr. Hill also represents lenders and banks in novel restructurings and advises corporate clients, investment funds, strategic buyers and shareholders in distressed mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Prior to joining Cravath, Mr. Hill’s notable representations include, among many others:

• a multinational life sciences enterprise in its restructuring involving billions of dollars of debt, trillions of dollars of asserted contingent liabilities, State and local government claims, and civil and criminal allegations asserted by the Department of Justice;
• a global renewable energy enterprise in its restructuring involving billions of dollars of debt and billions of dollars of sale proceeds;
• a Fortune 500 multinational in an internal restructuring designed to isolate and transact with respect to certain legacy contingent liabilities;
• a major bank in designing a first‑of‑its‑kind multibillion‑dollar “warehouse” DIP facility in the restructuring of a leading mortgage originator and servicing business;
• a minority lender in a contested liability management exercise involving the non‑pro‑rata uptiering of more than a billion dollars of indebtedness;
• a founder, director and controlling shareholder in connection with a contested sale process that resulted in an unprecedent reopening of an auction process in which his client prevailed as winning bidder;
• a hedge fund in designing a highly complex acquisition strategy involving credit bidding multiple tranches of indebtedness to acquire targeted pharmaceutical products from a distressed life sciences enterprise;
• the private equity sponsor of an iconic sporting goods manufacturer in a restructuring through which the sponsor maintained a meaningful equity position and governance rights; and
• directors, officers and special committees in numerous distressed situations.

As a result of Mr. Hill’s work, he has been repeatedly recognized in the bankruptcy and corporate restructuring category by Chambers USA, which has reported clients say Mr. Hill “provides outstanding technical expertise and exceptional client service.” He also has been featured among Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers” and by The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Hill was named among American Bankruptcy Institute’s “40 Under 40” Emerging Leaders in Insolvency Practice, Bloomberg Law’s “40 Under 40,” Turnarounds & Workouts’ “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers,” Turnaround Management Association’s Emerging Leaders Award recipients and The M&A Advisor’s Emerging Leaders Award honorees, which recognizes rising stars shaping the future of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and corporate finance. In addition, Mr. Hill was selected as the recipient of the Lawyers Alliance for New York’s Cornerstone Award in recognition of his distinguished pro bono service to nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Hill is an active member of several industry and charitable organizations. He has served as a member of the board of directors and in other leadership positions in the New York City Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Hill is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the New York City Bar Association, where he serves on the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Committee, the Structured Finance Committee, and formerly as Secretary and Treasurer of the Legal History Committee. He also is a member of the leadership of Catholic Renewal, a group of professionals in the corporate restructuring industry who are committed to providing charitable assistance to those in need, and UJA Federation of New York’s Next Generation Restructuring Group.

Mr. Hill was born in Englewood, New Jersey. He received a B.S. in Bioengineering magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 and a J.D. cum laude from Fordham University School of Law in 2011, where he was a Notes & Articles Editor of the Law Review.