Evan A. Hill is a member of Cravath's Financial Restructuring & Reorganization (FR&R) Practice. Hill has significant experience in all aspects of complex restructurings and distressed transactions, including chapter 11 reorganizations, liability management exercises and mergers and acquisitions. He also represents clients in structuring complex securitization transactions and bankruptcy‑remote investment vehicles.
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. 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.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Restructuring |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2025 | Corporate Restructuring |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2024 | Corporate Restructuring |
Prior to joining Cravath, 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.