Wayne P. Weitz, CTP

Wayne P. Weitz, CTP is a senior managing director with GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC in New York and has more than 30 years of experience in turnaround management, financial and operational restructuring, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, and complex bondholder litigation. His practice includes debtor and borrower advisory services, secured and unsecured creditor advisory services, offshore and cross-border insolvency, valuation, litigation support, and statutory and ad hoc committees. Mr. Weitz returned to GlassRatner after spending several years with other restructuring advisory and distressed investment banking firms. He originally joined the firm in 2008 and was one of the senior professionals who opened the firm’s initial New York office in 2009. During his turnaround and restructuring career, Mr. Weitz has focused on advising troubled companies and stakeholders in and out of bankruptcy in domestic and cross-border situations. Prior to becoming a restructuring professional, he held positions in the corporate sector, where his responsibilities included capital allocation, strategic planning, international acquisitions, valuation of potential acquisitions, and investments and deal execution. He began his career as an investment banker and has completed nearly 100 acquisitions, dispositions and capital formation transactions. Mr. Weitz is co-chair of ABI’s Complex Financial Restructuring Program and is a former co-chair of ABI’s Financial Advisors and Investment Banking Committee. He is a board member of the New York chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, where he also serves as Membership Committee co-chair. Mr. Weitz received his B.A. in economics and politics from Brandeis University and his M.B.A. in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has also earned his Intermediate Sommelier Certification from the National Wine School.