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All In For New York CityFall Cocktail Reception

 

 

Are you All In?Join us on Monday, November 9th, 2026 at 583 Park Ave.

Join us for our annual fall cocktail reception as we come together to celebrate incredible leaders in the restructuring industry and raise funds in support of grassroots initiatives improving our great city

The community leaders we support are the ones leading creative arts initiatives, food pantries, sports mentorship programs, health workshops for seniors, community gardens, and so much more. They are the small business owners providing opportunities and centers of community for their neighborhoods.

We’re deeply grateful for your partnership, which allows these grassroots leaders to create the change they envision for their communities. Together, we can build a New York that works for every New Yorker–with each of us doing our part to make it the greatest city in the world.

Time: 6:00 to 9:00PM        Attire: Cocktail

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Meet our 2026 Honorees

Candace M. Arthur, Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP

Candace M. Arthur is a partner at Latham & Watkins who advises debtors, creditors, equity holders, and investors on complex corporate restructurings, distressed financings, acquisitions, and liability management strategies in both US and cross-border matters. She has represented clients in many of the most significant restructuring matters across industries including healthcare, retail, entertainment, aviation, biotechnology, and financial services. Her experience includes guiding companies such as Beyond Meat, CareerBuilder + Monster, AMC Entertainment, J.Crew, and Steward Health Care through complex restructurings and strategic transactions, while also advising leading lenders and investors on high-profile financing and recapitalization matters. Before joining Latham, Candace was a partner at another global law firm and previously clerked for Judge Robert E. Gerber of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Eric Mendelsohn, Managing Director at Mizuho | Greenhill

Eric is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Capital Solutions and Restructuring Advisory for North America at Greenhill & Co. Eric previously served as a Managing Director and founding member of Lazard’s Restructuring Group and was a desk / sell-side corporate bond analyst at CS First Boston. Eric has ~30 years of experience in restructuring, liability management, M&A and debt capital markets and has represented companies or stakeholders in over 90 restructuring, M&A or financing transactions encompassing ~$250 billion of value. Over the course of his career, he has worked on transformative transactions involving Saks, Puerto Rico, the City of Detroit, Energy Future Holdings, Chrysler, General Motors, H&R Block, US Airways, WorldCom and Fruit of the Loom. Eric is a member of the Board of Visitors of MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Harold Bordwin, Principal & Co-President at Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC

Harold Bordwin is a principal and Co-President (with his partner/brother and co-honoree, Matt) of Keen-Summit Capital Partners. In financially troubled situations (typically bankruptcies, receiverships, workouts or litigation), he specializes in creating real estate solutions.   Keen is a real estate brokerage, workout (in particular, lease restructuring) and merchant banking firm founded in 1982 by Harold’s and Matt’s father.  This is our 44rd year in the real estate restructuring world.

Harold is a graduate of Wesleyan University (B.A., 1982, P’2010) and of Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1985).  Harold began his career in Los Angeles as a litigation associate with McKenna, Connor & Cuneo and with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, before moving back to New York to begin what is now a 38-year career in the distressed real estate business.  Harold is also a fiduciary, acting as a Receiver, Independent Director and Asset Manager.  Notable projects in Harold’s career include the lease workouts of Arthur Andersen, Blockbuster Video and Red Lobster; and real estate sales of the L’Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills, the portfolio sale of a 560,000 s.f. portfolio of flex and retail space related to one of the Chapter 11 trusteeships of Nate Paul; and the sale of office, multifamily and hospitality properties in Stamford, CT as part of the Seaboard Realty Chapter 11.

Matthew Bordwin, Principal & Co-President at Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC

Matthew Bordwin is Principal and Co-President of Keen-Summit Capital Partners, with more than 30 years of experience as a real estate broker, investment banker, consultant, and strategic advisor. Known for his strong negotiation skills and results-driven approach, Matt specializes in the valuation, marketing, and disposition of real estate portfolios and businesses for both healthy and distressed companies. He has led complex transactions and restructuring assignments for clients including Red Lobster, Payless ShoeSource, Blockbuster Video, Montgomery Ward, and Arthur Andersen. Matt is particularly skilled in workout and restructuring situations where timing and creative problem-solving are critical, including overseeing one of the largest retail lease restructuring projects in history. A trusted advisor and frequent industry speaker, he previously served on the national boards of the American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association. Matt is a graduate of Tufts University (1991) and Fordham Law School (1994). He has adopted the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University as his alma mater on behalf of his kids and excessive tuition checks. Matt is the father of 3 daughters and needs to go to work to win an argument.

Event Leadership

  • Event Chair

    • Paul H. Deutch

      Omni Agent Solutions, Inc.

  • Event Co-Chairs

    • Lorie Beers

      Cascadia Capital

    • Katie Coleman

      Hughes Hubbard & Reed

    • Kelley Cornish

      Selendy Gay

    • Jay Goffman

      Smith Goffman Partners

  • Honorary Co-Chairs

    • Seth Bullock

      Alvarez & Marsal

    • Robert Lehane

      Kelley Drye & Warren

    • Ray C. Schrock

      Latham & Watkins

  • Leadership Committee

    • Tom Califano

      Sidley Austin

    • Mitch Drucker

      Ares Management

    • Shana Elberg

      Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    • William Henrich

      Getzler Henrich & Associates

    • Laura Davis Jones

      Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones

    • Natasha Labovitz

      Debevoise & Plimpton

    • Robert J. Lemons

      Goodwin Proctor

    • Rachael Ringer

      Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

    • Jigi Smolinsky

      Brown Harris Stevens

    • Sherri L. Toub

      Kekst CNC

    • Maja Zerjal Fink

      Clifford Chance

  • Host Committee

    • Derek Abbott

      Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell

    • Carlin Adrianopoli

      FTI Consulting

    • Rachel Albanese

      Debevoise & Plimpton

    • Corrine Ball

      Jones Day

    • Heather Barlow

      Dundon Advisors

    • Joe Barry

      Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor

    • Richard Bernard

      Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath

    • David Botter

      Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

    • Alan Carr

      Drivetrain

    • Hon. Shelley C. Chapman (Ret.)

      Willkie Farr & Gallagher

    • Blake Cleary

      Potter Aderson & Carroon

    • Jeff Cohen

      Lowenstein Sandler

    • Nathan Cook

      Teneo

    • Brian Corio

      Alvarez & Marsal

    • Ryan Dahl

      Latham & Watkins

    • Daniel DeFranceschi

      Richards, Layton & Finger

    • Bob Duffy

      BRG Corporate Finance

    • Van C. Durrer II

      Dentons

    • Randall Eisenberg

      AlixPartners

    • Brian Fox

      Alvarez & Marsal

    • Michael Freitag

      Joele Frank

    • Francine Gordon-Durrer

      Verita

    • Timothy Graulich

      Davis Polk

    • Nicole Greenblatt

      Kirkland & Ellis

    • Anthony Grossi

      Sidley Austin

    • Alan D. Halperin

      Halperin Battaglia Benzija

    • Nathan Haynes

      Greenberg Traurig

    • Jon Henes

      C Street Advisory Group

    • Brian Hermann

      Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

    • Matthew Kelsey

      King & Spalding

    • Jane Kim

      Keller Benvenutti Kim

    • George Kildonas

      Latham & Watkins

    • Lisa Laukitis

      Milbank

    • Heather Lennox

      Jones Day

    • Gaurav Malhotra

      Alvarez & Marsal

    • Keith Martorana

      Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    • Ricky Mason

      Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    • Rachel Mauceri

      Robinson+Cole

    • Jim McGinley

      Ankura

    • Tanya Meerovich

      FTI Consulting

    • Bruce Mendelsohn

      Perella Weinberg Partners

    • Edward Neiger

      ASK

    • Frank Oswald

      Togut, Segal & Segal

    • Andrew Parlen

      Latham & Watkins

    • David Prager

      The Brattle Group

    • Christina Pullo

      Kroll

    • Marc Puntus

      Centerview Partners

    • Steve Reisman

      Katten Muchin Rosenman

    • Shawn M. Riley

      McDonald Hopkins

    • Jeffrey Saferstein

      Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    • Brad Sandler

      Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones

    • Jochen Schmitz

      Lincoln International

    • Andrew Sherman

      Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

    • Sunny Singh

      Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    • Michael A. Sweet

      Fox Rothschild

    • Patty Tomasco

      Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

    • Warren Usatine

      Cole Schotz P.C.

    • Ryan Wagner

      Prudential Private Capital

    • Chris Ward

      Lowenstein Sandler

    • John Weiss

      Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.

  • NextGen Chair

    • Nancy Bello

      King & Spalding

  • NextGen Committe

    • Sam Beck

      Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    • Anthony Cardillo

      Keen-Summit Capital Partners

    • Ryan Carr

      Province

    • Brittany Clark

      Lowenstein Sandler

    • Reuben Dizengoff

      McDermott Will & Schulte

    • Ashley Gherlone

      Latham & Watkins

    • Victoria Giorgio

      Kirkland & Ellis

    • Ilayna Guevrekian

      Morrison Foerster

    • Alec Liv-Feyman

      Omni Agent Solutions

    • Jakob Newman

      Teneo

    • Dean Oswald

      Olshan Frome Wolosky

    • Kate Posner

      Berkeley Research Group

    • Jill Shapiro

      FTI Consulting

    • Eric Silverstein

      Skadden

    • Justin Simms

      Paul Weiss

    • Michael Usatine

      Alvarez & Marsal

Donations from this event go straight to the frontlines of community action. They fund microgrants for New Yorkers turning vacant lots into community gardens, organizing youth leadership programs, expanding food access, and building climate resilience block by block.

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Contact Us

The best way to reach the team at CitizensNYC is by email, and please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or ideas. 

If you have a question about our Community Leaders Grants, contact grants@citizensnyc.org.

If you have a question about our Neighborhood Business Grants, contact businessgrants@citizensnyc.org.

You can also find CitizensNYC staff emails on our People page.