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William Hiltz is a Senior Managing Director of the firm’s corporate advisory business.
Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Hiltz was Head of the Global Energy Group at UBS Warburg and, prior to UBS’ acquisition of Dillon Read & Co. Inc., Head of the Energy Group at Dillon Read since 1995. From 1982-1995, Mr. Hiltz was a Managing Director at Smith Barney, where at various times he headed the Energy Group, the High Yield and Merchant Banking Group, the Transportation Group and the General Industrial Group. Mr. Hiltz has 30 years of experience in the investment banking business, beginning in 1976 when he first joined Dillon Read.
Mr. Hiltz has extensive experience in the energy business including representing Louisiana Land and Exploration Company in its merger with Burlington Resources, Seagull Energy in its merger with Ocean Energy, Murphy Oil in its acquisition of ODECO and Occidental Petroleum in its acquisition of Altura Energy. He also advised Continental Airlines in its 1993 reorganization and sale of a controlling interest to Air Partners. Since joining Evercore, Mr. Hiltz has advised General Mills on its acquisition of Pillsbury, the divestiture of its interest in Ice Cream Partners and the divestiture of its interest in SVE to PepsiCo. He has advised CVS on both its acquisition of Eckerd and, more recently, its acquisition of Albertson’s free standing drugstores. He advised EDS on the sale of UGS PLM, Swiss Re on its acquisition of GE’s reinsurance business, Tyco on its pending split-up into three separately traded companies, Credit Suisse on its sale of Winterthur and Energy Partners on its pending acquisition of Stone Energy.
Mr. Hiltz serves on the Board of Directors of Energy Partners, Ltd. and Davis Petroleum Corp. He is a former Trustee of the Salisbury School and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lenox Hill Hospital and its affiliate, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York. He received a B.A. in History and Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. | 