Ilana Bier

Ilana has been part of the teams advising:

• Advent International in the acquisition by its affiliate AI Beauty Holdings of bareMinerals, BUXOM and Laura Mercier (collectively, n/k/a Orveon)
• American Securities in its $850 million acquisition of the Interior Products Business of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.
• Blackstone in its sale of Concert Golf Partners
• Cedar Fair in its $8 billion merger of equals with Six Flags
• Deluxe Corporation in its $960 million acquisition of First American Payment Systems, L.P.
• Dun & Bradstreet in its $7.7 billion sale to Clearlake Capital Group
• The Home Depot in its $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc.
• 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.
• Madison International in the formation of a joint venture and the sale of an apartment building in New Jersey
• Marcone Appliance Parts Center, Inc. (a portfolio company of Genstar Capital) in its acquisition of Munch's Supply
• Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Raine Group LLC and Marquee Sports Holdings SPAC I, LLC, in its $1.2 billion business combination with Enjoy Technology, Inc.
• Monarch Alternative Capital in its $360 million acquisition of ten full-service hotels located in California, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida from Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust, via a 363 asset sale in a chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding
• Monarch Alternative Capital and Hersha Hospitality Management, as borrowers, in $192 million mortgage and $40 million mezzanine loans to finance the acquisition of nine full-service hotels located in California, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida from Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust, as debtor in chapter 11
• MSD Partners, as lender, in a $285 million mortgage loan to CGI Merchant Group, as part of CGI Merchant's $375 million acquisition of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, as investor, in the formation of Tamarack Timberlands, LLC and Tamarack Timberlands' subsequent acquisition of 870 thousand acres of United States Timberlands
• Sanofi in its $9.5 billion acquisition of Blueprint Medicines

Ilana joined Weil as a summer associate in 2019.

Ilana received her J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was an Associate Editor for the Cardozo Law Review, and her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Maryland, College Park.