Restructuring Partner Genevieve Weiner’s arrival at Katten has garnered media attention from the Global Restructuring Review (GRR) and multiple other outlets, such as ABF Journal, The Deal and more. Genevieve joined the firm's Los Angeles office from Sidley Austin and represents secured and unsecured creditors, lenders and debtors in both court-supervised and out-of-court workouts. She also handles distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A), receiverships, distressed investments, loan enforcement, bankruptcy litigation and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings. Recent experience highlights include advising prepetition term loan and DIP lenders in the Chapter 11 case of the Hooters restaurant chain, which restructured $380 million in funded debt and completed a sale of stores to a buyer group of two existing franchisees.