Gillian Burke

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
• Giant Eagle, Inc. in its sale of GetGo Café + Market Stores
• Government of Bermuda in connection with the $550,000,000 recapitalization of the Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda
• The Home Depot in its $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)
• Stripes Group and Siete Foods in Siete’s $1.2 billion sale to PepsiCo, Inc.
• 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.