Biography

Eleni Samara is an associate in Weil’s Public Company Advisory Group and is based in New York. Eleni participates in advising U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers on securities law issues, disclosure, governance and compliance matters.
Eleni has been part of the teams advising:
- Blackstone in its $300 million investment in DataDirect Networks, Inc.
- The Home Depot in its $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc.
- The Kroger Company in a $5 billion senior unsecured revolving facility and in a $4.75 billion senior unsecured term loan facility;
- Regis Corporation in its $130 million senior secured term loan and revolving facility
- TPG in connection with the merger of its portfolio company Keter Environmental Services with Waste Harmonics
Eleni received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from Brown University.
Latest Thinking
- Heads Up for the 2025 Proxy Season: Re-Considering Board Diversity Disclosures; Update on the “Big 3” Investor Policies Alert — By Kaitlin Descovich, Lyuba Goltser, Rebecca Grapsas, Amanda Zoda and Eleni Samara — PDF — March 27, 2025
- The Big Three & ESG: A Guide to BlackRock, State Street & Vanguard Proxy Voting Policies & Guidance on Key ESG Issues Alert — By Lyuba Goltser, Rebecca Grapsas and Eleni Samara — PDF — May 2024
- Heads Up for the 2024 Proxy Season: Key Corporate Governance, Disclosure and Engagement Topics Alert — Governance & Securities — By Lyuba Goltser, Kaitlin Descovich, Howard B. Dicker, Rebecca Grapsas, Adé Heyliger, P.J. Himelfarb, Steven Bentsianov, Rachel Alpert, Daniel Ruzi, Eleni Samara and Amanda Zoda — PDF — January 30, 2024
- The Big Three & ESG: A Guide to BlackRock, State Street & Vanguard Proxy Voting Policies & Guidance on Key ESG Issues Alert — By Lyuba Goltser and Eleni Samara — PDF — May 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises WhiteHawk in Acquisition of PHX Minerals Deal Brief — May 08, 2025
- Weil Advises Blackstone in its $300M Investment in DDN Deal Brief — January 09, 2025