International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Kathleen Aka has joined the Firm as a partner in its market-leading Restructuring practice, based in Weil’s Hong Kong office. Kathleen joins Weil from the Hong Kong office of Ropes & Gray LLP, where she was a partner. 

“Kathleen is an outstanding addition to Weil, bringing an accomplished track record of advising clients on complex insolvency-related issues,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “She enjoys a reputation for being service-oriented and committed to her clients, which positions her to be a wonderful colleague to our Restructuring practice and our entire Firm.”

Weil’s Hong Kong office Managing Partner Tim Gardner commented: “With robust experience advising Asia-based and global clients on complex restructuring and insolvency matters across geographies and industries, Kathleen will be a tremendous asset to our clients in Asia and beyond.”

“Kathleen brings diverse experience advising clients across industries and in the full gamut of distressed situations,” said Gary Holtzer, Co-Chair of Weil’s Restructuring Department. “She will be a fantastic addition to our global Restructuring team, and we are thrilled she is joining Weil.”

Kathleen has extensive experience advising both debtors and creditors in relation to contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters in the Asia-Pacific region. She is skilled in guiding clients through the most challenging and complex processes of financial restructuring, creditor enforcement, formal insolvency, insolvency litigation, distressed M&A, and distressed secondary debt trading. Kathleen’s clients include bondholders, trustees, credit and distressed investment funds, banks, insolvency practitioners, shareholders, and distressed corporations. Her industry experience covers banking and financial services, insurance and reinsurance, health, infrastructure, energy, mining and agriculture, shipping and transportation, retail, and property.

“I am excited and honored to have this opportunity to join Weil, one of the leading restructuring firms in the world, and look forward to working with the global Restructuring team as it continues to deliver innovative, creative solutions in the most complex of distressed situations. I am committed to providing Weil’s Asia-based and Asia-invested clients with the same first-class level of restructuring services they are accustomed to receiving from the Weil team globally,” she said.