Ilana T. Pearl is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate Department. Ilana represents start-ups, family offices and small and middle-market companies from a wide range of industries in mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, corporate governance, securities law compliance and drafting of commercial contracts. Ms. Pearl regularly advises clients on the formation and organization of their businesses, the acquisition and sale of business assets, and the structuring of joint ventures. She also counsels issuers and investors on federal securities compliance in private placements, represents companies in in all aspects of corporate borrowing and capital raising efforts, and drafts and negotiates a variety of commercial contracts.
Prior to joining Cullen and Dykman, Ms. Pearl worked for large multinational law firms in New York and New Jersey. She also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Joseph M. McLaughlin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Paul A. Crotty on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and taught corporate law and intellectual property law in the law departments of two major European universities.
Areas of Concentration:
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Joint Ventures
- Entity Formation and Governance
- Commercial Contracts
- Corporate Financing and Private Placements
- Business Reorganizations