Ilir is a leading capital markets lawyer representing issuers and investment banks on a wide variety of matters, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, PIPEs, ATMs, SPACs, de-SPACs, convertible bonds, investment grade notes, high yield debt offerings and other public and private transactions.
Ilir works with clients across many industries, including Healthcare, Consumer/Retail, Media and Telecommunications, Industrials, Power and Utilities, Renewables and Financial Institutions among others.
Ilir has developed a stellar reputation representing clients on numerous biotech, med-tech, diagnostics and healthcare services transactions.
Ilir also represents corporate clients such as Valvoline Inc. in connection with corporate governance and SEC compliance matters and works with leading investment banks including BofA Securities, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, TD Cowen, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Piper Sandler, Leerink and UBS.
He is ranked as a leading capital markets lawyer in Chambers & Partners USA 2025 and in Legal 500 USA 2025 for his work on initial public offerings, life sciences, healthcare and SPAC offerings.
According to Chambers & Partners, Ilir gets excellent feedback for his representation of issuers and underwriters with impressed clients noting:
- "Ilir is my go-to lawyer on capital market deals. He is extremely hands-on, great from a customer services standpoint, diligent, thorough and with great things to say."
- "Ilir is fantastic, he has an excellent sense of how to manage transactions and lead a team, how to solve problems and be able to deliver a really excellent service."
- "Ilir is the most thoughtful and robust underwriter counsel that I have come across. He is highly responsive, very comprehensive, and delivers A&O Sherman’s resources as necessary to meet client needs."