About
With more than 13 years of legal experience, primarily as in-house counsel, Ilana advises businesses on the agreements and contracting systems that support their commercial relationships. Before founding Pilea Legal, she practiced sports law at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and held in-house roles with TaylorMade Golf Company, Texas Rangers Baseball Club, and Match Group, spanning sports, entertainment, consumer products, and technology. Ilana appreciates the craft behind exceptional commercial contracting: not only the drafting and negotiation of individual agreements, but also designing the systems that make contracting more consistent, efficient, and scalable. She regularly advises clients on template development and rationalization, contract playbooks, and legal operations, helping legal and business teams work more effectively together. Ilana graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied history and art history, and earned her law degree from the University of San Diego. While in law school, she worked full time in various baseball operations roles for the San Diego Padres. Ilana is licensed to practice law in New York and Texas.
Practice Areas
Services
- Commercial Contracts.Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the agreements that drive your business—from everyday commercial contracts to complex strategic transactions.Contact
- Templates.Developing contract templates that are clear, consistent, and designed to support the way your business works.Contact
- Template Rationalization.Simplifying and refining template libraries to improve consistency, reduce complexity, and create more efficient contracting processes.Contact
Work
Director, Commercial Contracts CounselBully Pulpit InternationalNov 2022 - Jul 2023
Professional ServicesIroncladJul 2021 - Nov 2022
Corporate CounselMatch GroupJul 2020 - Jun 2021
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaBA
- University of San Diego School of LawJD
Commercial contracts are at the center of what we do. If your business needs legal support beyond commercial contracting, we're happy to introduce you to counsel whose expertise fits the matter and your business. For larger projects, matters requiring additional capacity, or issues outside Pilea Legal’s core focus, Pilea Legal may work with trusted colleagues or co-counsel as appropriate.
