“Craig’s well-respected Silicon Valley Corporate practice greatly bolsters our global group’s ability to provide practical, sophisticated advice for the future growth of our clients in the Valley and beyond,” said Don Reinke, Reed Smith’s Silicon Valley office managing partner.
Lilly was previously an M&A and corporate partner in Baker McKenzie’s Palo Alto office, and, before that, chaired Greenberg Traurig's Silicon Valley corporate practice group. Lilly has practiced in Silicon Valley for over 15 years and has nearly three decades of experience working on transformative cross-border and domestic M&A transactions. Over his career, he has advised in the negotiation and execution of numerous major acquisitions and leveraged buyout transactions in the information technology, fintech, auto tech, health care and AI.
“I was particularly attracted to Reed Smith’s culture of innovation and collaboration, and its commitment to client service,” said Lilly. “The firm’s four offices in California and extensive domestic and global platform is a perfect fit for my practice. Likewise, Reed Smith’s leading Global Regulatory Enforcement group, with its extensive experience in data privacy, healthcare, CFIUS, and FDA, and other regulatory areas of increasing importance to my clients, is another distinguishing feature.”
Lilly’s practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, corporate governance, growth financing and advising boards on innovative investment structures. He represents numerous fund sponsors in connection with structuring and organizing investment funds, as well as parallel investment vehicles, offshore funds, co-investment/side-by-side partnerships, side pocket equity investments and sponsor operating agreements. He also provides transactional and general corporate advice to portfolio companies.
“We are very excited to have such an innovative and experienced partner join us in the Valley,” said James Tandler, chair of Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group. “Craig has tremendous experience with financing for emerging technology companies in several areas where we are expanding, including artificial Intelligence, fintech and sustainability.”
A thought leader in his field, Lilly frequently writes and lectures on legal and business issues regarding M&A, private equity investments and corporate finance. He has served as an advisory Board Member for Law, Science and Technology at Stanford University, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Corporate Growth in Silicon Valley. He has been quoted in, and contributed to, articles and features in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and The Deal, among other publications. A graduate of the University Of Oklahoma School Of Law, Lilly was also previously the California reporter for the American Bar Association’s Committee on State Regulation of Securities.
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