Samuel Asher Newman, Esq.

Samuel A. Newman is a partner in Sidley Austin LLP’s Restructuring group in Los Angeles. He represents companies and their owners through restructurings, including out-of-court restructurings and chapter 11 cases, and he advises clients in a wide variety of transactions involving distressed assets. Mr. Newman’s clients include technology, health care, real estate and hospitality companies. His representative clients include Canyon Partners LLC, Fortress Investment Group, Redmile Group, Fundamental Advisors LP, Capstone Investment Advisors and z-Capital Management LLC. A nationally top-ranked lawyer for more than a decade, Mr. Newman has been recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2009-23) as a leading bankruptcy lawyer and named in The Best Lawyers in America (2013-22) in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights. Most recently, he led The M&A Advisor’s “Information Technology Deal of the Year” as counsel to Wave Computing, Inc. in its chapter 11 case. Mr. Newman is on the board of trustees of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the National Council of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee. He previously held political and fundraising positions with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., and served in legislative and policy positions for Sen. John Glenn of Ohio and Reps. Gary Ackerman of New York and Rob Andrews of New Jersey. Mr. Newman received his B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1992 and his J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.