Dr Lydia Tsioli
Associate
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
London
United Kingdom
https://www.weil.com/people/eleni-lydia-tsioli
Bio:
Dr. Lydia Tsioli is an Associate in the Restructuring Practice of Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP, 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 Califormia, Berkeley School of Law.
Prior to joining Weil, Lydia was an Associate in the London Restructuring Practice of Kirkland & Ellis. 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, including at the European Banking Federation and the European Commission, where she worked on the Directive on restructuring and insolvency.
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.
Specialties:
Corporate Debt Restructuring
Corporate Insolvency Law
Corporate Finance Law
Corporate Governance
Economic Analysis of Law