Principal

Matthew Dundon founded the firm in 2016. He has been a global credit, litigation and distressed investment leader for 20 years, with previous roles as research head at Miller Tabak Roberts Securities (now the corporate credit trading business of StoneX) from 2006-2010 and portfolio manager at Pine River Capital and Advent Capital from 2010-2016. He has led clients and co-investors to victory in complex situations ranging from the most esoteric market opportunities to front-page-news mega cases. Matt speaks and writes widely on credit and restructuring topics, and his expert testimony and reporting regularly drives outcomes in high-stakes litigation and arbitration. Matt began his career as a corporate finance lawyer and bond trading analyst.

University of Chicago JD, University of California at Berkeley BA.

e / md@dundon.com
p / +1 (917) 838-1930

Principal

Mr. Hurwitz leads the firm’s efforts in media and entertainment opportunities, and participates more broadly in the firm’s restructuring, distressed investing and special credit opportunities businesses. As a firm principal, he shares with Matthew Dundon in the general management of the firm. He joined the firm after long a career as a senior business and legal executive in the entertainment industry. He holds a JD from Georgetown Law Center and a BA from Middlebury College.

e / ph@dundon.com
p / (914) 523-0227

Chief Operating Officer

Paul Weir has been the firm’s Chief Operating Officer since 2025, with diverse responsibilities across planning, performance assessment, finance, long-term initiatives, professional staff development, and operational and technology support. He was most recently Chief Operating Officer of BNY Mellon’s RIA business, and previously held progressively responsible operational leadership roles at global financial institutions include Bear Stearns, Citi, BlackRock, Pacific Life, WAMCO, and First Eagle. He was a serving officer in the (UK) Royal Navy before his finance career. He holds an honours bachelor degree in management from the University of Hull.

e / pw@dundon.com
p / (203) 571-9897

Managing Director

Victor is a longtime mortgage-backed securities and real estate investment expert. He leads and co-leads MBS and real estate related engagements and asset management mandates, including the firm’s E1 Mortgage Strategy.

He began his fixed income career at Barclays 25 years ago and progressed through roles of increasing responsibility at Dresdner Kleinwort and Credit Suisse, before joining Pine River Capital Management in 2009. He was a senior mortgage investment professional for Pine River, and its mortgage REIT Two Harbors, until 2021. He holds a BBA from Baruch and an MBA from Columbia University.

e / vb@dundon.com
p / (917) 346-5985

Managing Director

Ms. Barlow is a Florida-based Managing Director at Dundon Advisers LLC where she co-leads the firm’s major mass tort practice. She started her investment banking career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1993. Ms. Barlow's financial advisory and restructuring experience also includes buy-side roles and representations, advisory work related to contested confirmation valuations, purchasing of bonds(long/short), trade and litigation claims, and providing expert testimony and declarations. Ms. Barlow regularly speaks and writes at industry conferences..

Ms. Barlow has both her BA and MPA (International Administration and Finance) from NYU.

e / hb@dundon.com
p / (917) 306-4496

Managing Director

Mr. Bhalla heads the firm’s infrastructure finance advisory practice and participates in the firm’s restructuring businesses.

Between 2009 and 2025 he was a City Councilman and Mayor of Hoboken New Jersey, and was previously an attorney in private practice. He is a regionally and nationally recognized expert in the funding and development of critical infrastructure. In addition to his work with Dundon, he is currently a New Jersey state legislator.

Mr. Bhalla holds an AB from the University of California at Berkeley, a JD from Tulane University, and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.

e / rb@dundon.com
p / (201) 647-6090

Managing Director

Mr. DeFeo leads the firm’s marketing and business development efforts, and manages the firm’s Florida office.

He has led marketing and capital formation for institutions for over a decade working in credit, equity, real estate and venture capital.

He hold a BA from NYU and MBA from Fordham.

e / adefeo@dundon.com
p / (646) 771-6961

Managing Director

Josh is a nationally-prominent expert in bankruptcy, distressed debt investing, and restructuring. He leads and co-leads numerous Dundon restructuring, refinancing and asset advisory engagements. He was a long-time senior analyst for Foxhill Capital and worked with other leading financial institutions at the outset of his career. He is an Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA). He has a bachelor degree from NYU.

e / jn@dundon.com
p / (917) 650-2968

Managing Director

Eric seeks and executes corporate and institutional investor mandates in restructuring and loan origination in our key industrial and thematic focus areas. He joined the firm from a senior restructuring investment banking role at the Miller Buckfire unit of Stifel, and previously was a senior high yield and convertible bond analyst focused on technology issuers at predecessors of Stifel and INTL FC Stone Credit. He was a Director of the firm from 2019 to 2020, and a Senior Director from 2020 to 2022. He holds a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MBA from CUNY Baruch College.

e / er@dundon.com
p / (917) 626-4051

Managing Director

Mr. Reyes has spent his career as an investment banker, leveraged finance research analyst and trusted advisor to media and communications companies and their investors. Mr. Reyes’ experience includes advisory services, raising institutional debt and producing institutional research coverage of wireless, cable television, fiber, data center and satellite communications companies around the world.

Mr. Reyes has led over 70 TMT companies to execute transaction volume exceeding $20 billion. Most recently, Mr. Reyes served as CFO of Endurance Acquisition Corp., a SPAC which successfully merged with Israel-based Satixfy Communications. Mr. Reyes spent the bulk of his career at Jefferies LLC, where over 19 years he held leadership positions, including Americas Head of Communications, Cable & Satellites Investment Banking, Director of Leveraged Finance Research and Senior TMT Credit Analyst. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Reyes held similar roles at UBS, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Reyes earned an honors degree in Economics (cum laude) from Harvard University.

e / rr@dundon.com
p / (203) 247 0057

Managing Director

Mr. Rizvi is an engagement leader in the firm’s financial restructuring practice. He also co-heads the firm’s contributions to the IslandDundon LLC joint venture, focused on real estate-related restruturing. His professional background is highlighted by service as a restructuring Managing Director at FTI Consulting and in executive roles with real-estate related businesses. He hold a BS from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), and an MBA from Columbia.

e / tr@dundon.com
p / (917) 216-3329

Managing Director

Mr. Rooney holds a BS and MBA from Boise State University and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin Law School. Currently based in the firm’s West Palm Beach, Florida office, he joined the firm as a senior associate in 2020 and has risen to be a key execution professional for restructuring engagements around the firm, playing a particularly important role in litigation-intensive and mass tort cases, cryptocurrency engagements, and restaurant and location-based leisure engagements.

e / LR@dundon.com
p / (208) 863-6833

Managing Director (China Consultant)

Veteran investment and finance adviser in China with deep corporate and governmental relationships. Co-founder of COFACE China, one of the pioneers of Chinese export credit finance. Beijing native with a combined Chinese and Western education (MBA from Western University in Ontario, Canada).

e / ming.shen@outlook.com
p / +86 139-1660-2770

Managing Director

Mr. Wright is a key member of the firm’s creditors rights practice having spent over 20 years representing secured and unsecured creditors across a variety of industries. Key recent assignments include Dean Foods, Speedcast, M&G USA and the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Core proficiencies include solvency/fraudulent transfer analysis, 363 sales and liquidity management. He joined the firm in 2023 after serving in a senior role with Berkeley Research Group. He earned an Accounting degree from the University of Florida and began his career as a CPA (currently inactive). He is a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor and certified in distressed business valuation. He sits on the board of directors of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors.

e / rwright@dundon.com
p / (917) 881-9937

Director of Finance

Alan joined the firm 2026 to lead finance functions for the firm’s consulting, brokerage and asset management businesses.

He has over 30 years of progressively responsible experience across a range of institutional financial services firms. He was most recently Treasurer of 1970 Group, and was previously associated with Integrity 2 ESG, Pinz Capital Management, Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments, Schroeders, Duff & Phelps, Olympia Capital Management and Weiss Peck & Greer. He began his career in public accounting with the firms now known as CohnReznick and RSM.

BA Accounting, Muhlenberg College, MBA Fordham.

e / ASwersky@dundon.com

p / (917) 582-5975

Senior Adviser

Portfolio manager, investment consultant and attorney with a specialty in Russia, Eastern Europe and German-speaking Europe. Previously with Cadwallader and Wilson Sonsini law firms. JD Univ. of Chicago Law School, BA Middlebury College.

e / cb@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Sylvia supports the firm’s business development and strategic planning efforts, with a particular focus on resilience infrastructure and real estate financing. She is broadly engaged in public service, including holding elective office, and began her career in marketing and merchandising in the apparel industry.

e / sd@dundon.com
p / (917) 327-7834

Senior Adviser

CJ provides our restructuring and transactional clients the benefit of his expertise in value creation in agriculture commodities. CJ was formerly CEO of Red Oak Commodities, and earlier worked as an executive DFI Organics and Pipeline Foods. He spent the first decade of his career as a commodities trader at leading Twin Cities trading firms. He holds a BS from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

e / ceisler@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Jim works with Dundon clients, and independently, on a variety of complex valuation and investigation projects. He spend over a decade in senior roles at Kroll and was previously an investment manager. He holds a bachelor degree from Colorado College, master degrees from the London School of Economics (LSE) and New York University, and a law degree from the University of Miami.

e / jfinkel@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Mr. Koster is developing health care-related real estate service offerings for the firm.

He joins the firm with 30+ years of experience in investing and securities transactions, most recently as a capital markets professional with Kong Capital and previously at GMP Securities and its predecessor Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, which now trade as StoneX.

e / jkoster@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Gary Lipson is a highly accomplished Intellectual Property Licensing and Business Development Executive with a prolific career in the technology sector. For nearly 20 years, he was integral to IBM's growth, significantly driving their IP income. Since 2017, Gary has been actively involved in the worldwide licensing for Holocaust-related publications. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Advisor at Dundon Advisors, LLC, providing strategic IP guidance for bankruptcy restructuring, and also serves as outside counsel for Intel Corporation. Gary holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Pace University/BTSU, an MBA from Columbia University, and a JD with a concentration in Intellectual Property from Western New England University. Beyond his professional roles, Gary impacts intellectual discourse through his wide array of publications and patents.

e / gl@dundon.com

p / (203) 583-6737

Senior Adviser

Cedric supports Dundon clients in restructurings related to cryptocurrency and other technology issues and in fiduciary services engagements across industries.

He has also been a liquidating trustee of a major cryptocurrency bankruptcy estate for several years. Before his work in restructuring, he worked in the energy industry and practiced law.

Cedric holds degrees from the University of Manchester and University of Nottingham, and is a qualified English solicitor and barrister.

e / cdelisser@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Jason MacRae participates in engagements for alternative energy and technology issuers and their creditors, with particular focus on the solar power vertical.

Since 2013, he has held senior finance and line executive roles for leading alternative energy and technology concerns and their institutional investors, including Sunpower, Capital Group and Amazon.

From 1993 to 2013, he held progressively more responsible positions in the finance industry, culminating in roles as Global Co-Head of Credit Solutions at Morgan Stanley and Chief Operating Officer of Loan Value Group.

He holds a BA from Harvard College.

e / jmacrae@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Peter primarily supports the firm’s clients in the cryptocurrency restructuring domain. He is a longtime expert and practitioner across several other domains of cryptocurrency, including trading platform operation, technical development, and business formation/development. He previously worked in wealth management.

He holds a BS in business from San Diego State University.

e / pm@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Alan is a senior adviser focused on agriculture and logistics. He is a 30-year veteran of business and policy in the food sector, and in addition to his work with Dundon has commercial interests in Pacific Northwest produce operations and leads produce industry trade groups.

e / as@dundon.com

Senior Adviser

Abraham Wickelgren advises Dundon clients on antirust matters. He is also the Bernard J. Ward Centennial Professor at the University of Texas Law School. He is the co-editor of the American Law and Economics Review, has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Industrial Economics and the International Review of Law and Economics and is a former member of the board of directors of the American Law and Economics Association. Mr. Wickelgren received an A.B. from Harvard College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Mr. Wickelgren was an assistant professor at Northwestern and has been a visiting professor at Duke and Yale.

e / aw@dundon.com

Senior Director

Jen joined the firm as a Senior Director in 2024. Previously, she had been Head of Credit at LSQ, focusing on bespoke working capital financing solutions, largely for private middle market companies. Prior to that, she was a Director at Greensill Capital, underwriting various specialty finance and structured transactions. Additionally, Jen has had various roles as a credit professional evaluating every part of the capital structure, focusing on non-investment grade and stressed/distressed companies. She has extensive experience in private credit. Jen has a BSE from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia University.

e / jg@dundon.com
p / (516) 567-2116

Senior Director

Mr. Garbe leads the execution of forensic accounting and other financial investigation scopes of work, primarily in its restructuring business. Based in our West Palm Beach, Florida office, he has been working in the field for over 40 years. He hold a BS in Accounting from California State University, Northridge.

e / mg@dundon.com
p / (818) 370-6346

Senior Director

Mr. Goschalk develops and executes recapitalization and restructuring mandates primarily for middle-market issuers across a wide range of industries.

He spent most of his career in dual roles in association with the family office of Phillip Morelle and its associated enterprises, including Aminona Capital Partners, with a broad remit for distressed and performing investments, and work as a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of distressed litigation investment specialist Cavendish IP Solutions, both in London.

Joel began his career as a London-based insolvency practictioner at Moorfields.

He is a qualified English solicitor, and is a graduate of BPP University Law School and of University College London (Honours BA 2:1).

e / JGoschalk@dundon.com

p / + 1 (646) 470-1189

Senior Director

Ms. Kimm has a dual roles in the firm: client-facing supporting litigation asset management engagements, and internally-facing focusing on legal, compliance and HR functions. She practiced transactional and litigation law in-house at an international corporation and at New York law firms. She holds a BA from NYU and a JD from Indiana University Bloomington.

e / ak@dundon.com
p / (917) 685-3787

Director

Mr. Tucker is a veteran fixed income business development and sales professional. He is a member of the firm’s restructuring group and sources borrowers and lenders for non-conventional lending opportunities. He holds a bachelor degree from Iona College.

e / ht@dundon.com
p / (914) 844-0582

Director

Mike joined the firm in June 2021, and has taken on progressively responsible roles in restructuring and post-restructuring engagements. He holds a BA in Economics from Boston College.

e / mw@dundon.com
p / (203) 993-5649

Associate Director

Mr. Podesfinski is an Associate Director working in the firm’s restructuring and asset management practices. Prior to Dundon Advisers, Chris led institutionalization, process reengineering, and reporting efforts across the front, middle, and back office at Veritas Capital. Previously, he worked in various management company accounting and business technology roles at The Riverside Company. Chris holds a Masters in Finance from Harvard University, a BS in Business Administration from Washington and Lee University, and a certificate in Interdisciplinary Management from the London School of Economics.

e / cp@dundon.com
p / (973) 897-9848

Senior Associate

Irene joined the firm as an Associate in 2024. She received a BS in Hotel Management from Cornell University and an MS in Finance from USC Marshall School of Business. Previously, she was a Capital Markets Analyst at Carrington Capital Management.

e / ib@dundon.com
p / (617) 513-2241

Senior Associate

Mr. Davis joined the firm in 2025 as a senior associate. He previously worked as a controller and management accountant in the energy and natural resources industry.

Mr. Davis holds a BSBSA and a Masters of Accountancy from West Virginia University.

e / ld@dundon.com
p / (304) 502-2303

Senior Associate

Mr. Markes is a credit investment and restructuring analyst for the firm, which he joined from Prudential Global Investment Management where he was employed in private credit strategies with a focus on restructuring and workouts. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a starting cornerback for the Quakers.

e / em@dundon.com
p / (661) 618-2239

Senior Associate

Jordan is a Senior Associate working in the firm’s restructuring and asset management practices. Prior to Dundon, he worked as a portfolio analyst at a wealth management firm. He holds a BA in Entrepreneurship from Auburn University.

e / jordan.olsen@dundon.com
p / (334) 220-4185

Senior Associate

Mr. Poynter is a member of the firm’s restructuring and transactional team. He joined Dundon from Citizens Bank, where he held progressively responsible roles in investment banking and restructuring. He holds a BS from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

e / jp@dundon.com
p / (317) 675-0357

Senior Associate

Mr. Rovitz joined the firm in 2024, having worked in a similar capacity with Alvarez & Marsal in 2021 and 2022-2024. He holds a BA and BBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. and did post-graduate work at the London School of Economics.

e / ar@dundon.com
p / (516) 425-7176

Associate

Ty is an associate with the firm primarily working with its restructuring practice. He holds a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Business.

e/ tc@dundon.com
p/ +1 (973) 220-2745

Associate

Brodie Galfus is an associate of the firm engaged across a number of the firm’s business areas. He holds a bachelor degree from Marist College.

e/ bgalfus@dundon.com
p / +1 (201) 419-4319

Associate

Mr. Kazantzis is associated with the firm’s restructuring and fiduciary practices.

He joined the firm from Capital One Bank where he worked in strategy for business banking services. He holds a BSBA with majors in Accounting and Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.

e / ck@dundon.com
p / (914) 323-8386

Administrative Associate

Ms. Pearson supports the firm’s office, finance and marketing operations. She most recently held a similar role at Granby Capital Management. She holds a BS from San Francisco State University.

e / ep@dundon.com
p / (203) 524-1448