Craig Lilly is a leading legal advisor for strategics and private equity sponsors on domestic and cross-border technology acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, recapitalizations, consolidations, auctions, leveraged buyouts, and minority investments.
Craig’s practice includes advising emerging technology companies on venture capital financings, debt financings, corporate governance, public offerings and joint ventures. He also represents fund sponsors in connection with structuring and organizing investment funds, parallel investment vehicles, and offshore funds.
Craig frequently writes and lectures on legal and business issues regarding mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and corporate finance. He has been quoted in, or contributed to, articles and features in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Deal Magazine, Reuters, Financier Worldwide, CFO.com and other major publications. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Association for Corporate Growth – Silicon Valley and an Advisor to Financial Executives International – Silicon Valley Chapter. From 2006 to 2010, he was the California reporter for the American Bar Association Committee on State Regulation of Securities.
Craig maintains an active pro bono practice including pro bono work for Inner City Advisors and Find Good Jobs in Northern California. His work includes education and mentoring to help minority and diverse individuals and companies to achieve a sustainable growth strategy.
