Andriana Georgallas

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Andriana Georgallas

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY

ANDRIANA is a partner in the Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York. She advises debtors, creditors, equityholders and other interested parties in domestic and international restructurings, distressed asset sales, distressed financings, liquidations and liability-management transactions. Her engagements have spanned various industries, including automotive, financial services, pharmaceutical, logistics, maritime, real estate, grocery, energy, oil & gas, digital marketing, beauty, fitness, manufacturing, infrastructure and retail. She worked on several $1B+ chapter 11s, including the chapter 11 cases of First Brands, the going-concern sales of Everstream Solutions, RentPath and Westinghouse, and the reorganizations of PG&E, syncreon, Tidewater, Southeastern Grocers and Tops Supermarkets.

Most recently, Andriana was named an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts for 2025 and was recognized as a “Rising Star” for Restructuring and Insolvency by IFLR1000 from 2023-24, and she was named a Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting in 2024, an “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor in 2023 and a “Rising Star” for Bankruptcy by Law360 in 2023. She has participated on panels addressing domestic and cross-border restructurings and has contributed to a number of publications on a range of related topics. In addition, she is a member of the American Bar Association, a mentor for the Baruch Pre-Law Mentorship Program and its Alumnae Leadership Council, and a member of Weil’s Summer Program Committee, Women@Weil and Mothers@Weil.

A first-generation American in her family, Andriana is an active mentor to students and alumni of Baruch College and St. John’s Law as part of the Baruch Pre-Law Mentorship Program and the St. John’s Alumnae Leadership Council, many of whom are also first-generation Americans, and she previously served as a teaching assistant to Harvey R. Miller at Columbia Law School and as a member of the board of directors of the St. John’s Law Alumni Association. In her pro bono practice, she has been focused on helping individuals with naturalization through HIAS, Legal Services NYC and the City Bar Justice Center. Prior to that, she partnered with the Volunteers of Legal Service Elderly Project to prepare wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies, and represented victims of Hurricane Sandy in obtaining FEMA relief.

Education

  • J.D., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
  • B.A.A., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, ACCOUNTING, BARUCH COLLEGE

“Andriana consistently displays a firm grasp of complex legal issues and practices at the highest level.”