Hilco Global announced it has hired Joseph (Joe) Miller as its newest Executive Vice President of business development. Miller joins Hilco Global having worked most recently at Lazard where he served as a Director in the Financial Restructuring Group over the past 10 years. Prior to joining Lazard in 2003, Miller was an associate in the Corporate Restructuring practice group at Skadden, Arps, with a focus on Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate lending.
Joe Miller is the second senior management executive that Hilco Global has hired over the past 5 weeks, having recently added internationally recognized bankruptcy and restructuring attorney Jack Butler who is expected to begin on May 1, 2014. At one time, Miller and Butler worked together at Skadden in the restructuring practice group.
At Hilco Global, Miller will leverage his extensive experience representing companies, capital providers, investors and other constituents as part of Hilco's continued strategic growth plan around the world. Jeffrey B. Hecktman, CEO of Hilco Global said, "Joe Miller's experience in complex M&A, Restructuring and Financing transactions across a wide range of industries makes him a great fit at Hilco Global. He has the skill set, the talent and the hands on experience to take advantage of all that Hilco Global has to offer our current and future clients."
Miller said, "It's an exciting time to join Hilco Global and I'm looking forward to working with such an impressive team of talented executives who know what it takes to exceed client expectations in every transaction."
Miller is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and Turnaround Management Association (TMA) professional organizations and frequent lecturer on restructuring topics. Miller earned his MBA and JD degrees from Emory University in 1997. Miller graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill with distinction, and with a major in Political Science and a minor in Business Administration.