A partner in the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department, John Weber focuses his practice on representing debtors, equity owners, creditor groups and distressed investors in a broad range of restructuring matters, including chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvency matters, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related acquisitions. Weber has a broad range of experience across a number of industries, including media and communications, healthcare, retail, energy and manufacturing.
Weber recently contributed to an article called “Third Circuit Definitively Rejects Triangular Setoff” for Pratt’s Journal of Law which he co-authored with fellow Paul, Weiss partners Jake Adlerstein and Bob Britton.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2026 | Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Restructuring & Insolvency |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2025 | Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Restructuring & Insolvency |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2024 | Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2023 | Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Restructuring & Insolvency |
Weber’s representative company-side experience includes:
- iRobot in connection with its comprehensive prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring whereby the Company will deleverage is balance by equitizing approximately $265 million of debt held by the Company’s sole secured lender and primary supplier, Shenzhen PICEA Robotics and Santrum Hong Kong (collectively known as Picea), enabling the Company to implement a going-concern restructuring and execute on its business plan upon emergence from chapter 11
- Forever 21, a retail clothing chain, in the company’s chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware
- The Children’s Place, a global children’s retail and wholesale network, in connection with certain distressed corporate and financing matters
- Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, a not-for-profit organization, in its chapter 11 case filed in the Southern District of New York to address claims arising under the New York Child Victims Act
- Revlon, a leading global beauty company, in its subsidiary’s successful out-of-court exchange offer
Weber’s representative creditor and sponsor-side experience includes:
- The Carlyle Group and its affiliated holders of 1.25L notes issued by Wesco Aircraft Holdings (d/b/a Incora), a leading provider of comprehensive supply chain management services to the global aerospace and other industries, in connection with Incora’s restructuring in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Texas Capital Bank as one of the largest prepetition lenders and as debtor-in-possession lender in the chapter 11 case of Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC, a Bloomfield, New Jersey-based originator and servicer of reverse mortgage loans
- Chatham Asset Management and its affiliated or managed funds in its approximately $325 million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of The McClatchy Company, a Sacramento-based publishing company that operates 29 daily newspapers in 14 states, through a cash and credit bid under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, in The McClatchy Company’s chapter 11 cases
- Certain funds advised or otherwise managed by Oaktree Capital Management in their capacity as holders of David’s Bridal’s term loans and unsecured notes in the negotiations, implementation and consummation of a prepackaged chapter 11 plan to right-size the company’s balance sheet and rationalize operations. Oaktree was the company’s single largest creditor
- The first lien lender of Willbros Group, a global engineering and contractor company, in the company’s restructuring and sale