Dr. Lydia Tsioli

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Dr. Lydia Tsioli is an Associate in Weil’s London Restructuring Practice, advising debtors, creditors and investors in national and cross-border restructurings and insolvencies.

Lydia is the author of the book “Viability in Corporate Debt Restructuring Law”, which was published by Edward Elgar Publishing in September 2025. The book examines US, UK and EU restructuring frameworks and offers the first holistic and comprehensive analysis of corporate debt restructuring law through the lens of viability.

Lydia is the International Insolvency Institute’s 2021 Silver Medal winner in its ‘Prize in International Insolvency Studies’, a ‘Class X’ member of the Institute’s NextGen Programme, and the 2019-20 Scholar of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association (UK). She holds a PhD in Law (Corporate Debt Restructuring & Insolvency) from King's College London, a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Cambridge and has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Prior to joining Weil, Lydia was an Associate in the London Restructuring Practice of a leading international law firm. Apart from her experience in private practice (international law firms, as well as banking and corporate services sectors), Lydia has also worked in academia and law-making at European and national institutions.

Lydia has been an invited speaker at INSOL International, INSOL Europe, the University of Oxford and the University of Leiden. She has been published, among others, in the Journal of Corporate Law Studies, the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, INSOL Europe, the Corporate Rescue and Insolvency Journal, Palgrave MacMillan and the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable.

Lydia is a member of the International Insolvency Institute’s NextGen Programme, the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association (UK), INSOL International, INSOL Europe, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, as well as the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation.

Representative matters, including prior to joining Weil, include advising:

  • Claire’s in connection with its group-wide restructuring/insolvency proceedings and sale transaction, implemented via Chapter 11 in the US, administration in the UK as well as restructuring and insolvency proceedings in the EU.*
  • Cineworld group and its UK subsidiaries on their financial and leasehold restructuring, implemented by way of four UK restructuring plans.*
  • WeWork Inc. and its over 500 entities on novel English and international law issues of its complex restructuring implemented via one of the largest jointly administered Chapter 11 cases in history.*
  • Homebase in relation to all options available to restructure the business and directors’ duties advice.*
  • Appgate, Inc. on international law aspects of its prepackaged Chapter 11.*
  • A global banking group as secured creditor in the Belgian insolvency, Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 proceedings of an international diamond group.*
  • A global banking group as one of the largest creditors in the insolvency proceedings of Sabena, the former national airline of Belgium.*

*indicates experience at previous international law firms

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