Genevieve G. Weiner

Genevieve G. Weiner is a Restructuring partner at Sidley Austin LLP in Century City, Calif., and focuses her practice on representing debtors and lenders in various bankruptcy matters, general assignments, receiverships, and out-of-court restructurings and workouts. She has represented clients across multiple industries, including health care, retail, hospitality and real estate. Ms. Weiner has also advised financial and strategic purchasers on acquisitions of distressed companies and discrete assets through § 363 and foreclosure proceedings. She was recognized by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in California in 2024, and in 2022 she was honored as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40.” Ms. Weiner received her B.A. in rhetoric with a minor in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley in 2004 and her J.D. magna cum laude in 2007 from Pepperdine University, where she served as lead articles editor for the Pepperdine Law Review. In 2007, Ms. Weiner was awarded the Outstanding Bankruptcy Law Student Award by the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.