ABOUT
Eric W. Hilfers is a partner in and head of Cravath’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Department. Mr. Hilfers’ practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit matters faced by Cravath’s clients, principally in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. Mr. Hilfers’ representations include providing executive compensation and benefits counsel in connection with M&A transactions; the hiring of chief executives and other officers; the design and implementation of compensation programs; the crafting of public disclosures regarding executive pay; and the management of the many legal and regulatory concerns generated by compensation practices, such as securities law, tax, ERISA and financial accounting.
