About Gary Holtzer

Gary Holtzer is a partner in the Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (and a former Co-Chair) and a member of the Firm’s Global Leadership and Strategy and Management Committees. Gary practices in all areas of domestic and international restructurings, crisis management, corporate governance, financings and acquisitions involving distressed situations. Gary is an Adjunct Professor at Cardozo School of Law. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Gary is consistently ranked in the field of Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Chambers Global, Chambers USA and Legal 500 US. He is described by commentators in Chambers USA as a “talented bankruptcy attorney” and a “confident, experienced and calm” presence on complicated transactions. Most recently, Gary was named “Highly Regarded” for Restructuring and Insolvency in the U.S. by IFLR1000 (2020; 2022-2024), named a Leading Lawyer by Legal 500 (2020; 2022-2024), and named among 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers by Lawdragon (2020; 2022-2024). In 2021, he was named a “Crisis Leadership Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal. He was also named Turnarounds & Workouts’ Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers (2017 and 2020) and named a Law360 MVP in Bankruptcy (2016).