Biography
Gillian Burke is an associate in Weil’s Real Estate practice and is based in New York. Gillian participates in the representation of Firm clients with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for real estate related companies.
Gillian has been part of the teams advising:
- Blackstone in its acquisition of a majority stake in New Tradition Media
- Fortress Credit Corp., as lender, in a mortgage loan to Kushner Companies to finance the development of a luxury residential project in Colts Neck, New Jersey
- Fortress Credit Corp., as lender, in a mortgage loan to Kushner Companies to finance the development of a residential project in East Hanover, New Jersey
- The Home Depot in its pending $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc.
- Howden Group Holdings Limited (an investee company of General Atlantic, CDPQ and Hg) in its acquisition of TigerRisk Partners, LLC
- The Kroger Company, along with The Albertsons Companies, Inc., in the approximately $1.9 billion sale of 413 stores, as well as select banners, distribution centers, offices and private label brands, to C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC in connection with Kroger’s proposed merger with Albertsons Companies Inc.
- Px3 Partners in its acquisition of filtration from Celeros Flow Technology (a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management)
- TPG in its acquisition of a majority stake in Morrow Sodali
Gillian is also very involved in the Firm’s pro bono initiatives, including ongoing work with the Innocence Project.
Gillian joined Weil as a summer associate in 2019 and 2020.
Gillian received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she served as a Senior Article Editor for the NYU Journal of Law & Business, her M.B.A. from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and her B.S. from Cornell University.