Eitan Blander

Mr. Blander provides efficient and practical advice to debtors, creditors, and other parties in interest in corporate restructurings both in- and out-of-court. Eitan Blander is an associate at Togut, Segal & Segal LLP, where he focuses on debtor-side representations in complex corporate restructuring matters, chapter 11 cases, and related litigation. Mr. Blander also represents creditors, committees, trustees, and other parties in interest in connection with chapter 11, chapter 15 and chapter 7 cases. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mary Kay Vyskocil, formerly of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Eitan was recently named to the 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for his work in the category of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in New York City. Eitan received his J.D., with honors, from Emory University School of Law, where he was a member of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal and director of the Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Program (ELSSCAP), the only student-run Supreme Court litigation program in the country. He received his B.A. from McGill University with First Class Honors in Psychology. Eitan worked briefly as a data analyst before becoming a lawyer. Awards and Honors Honors Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2026) - NYC - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• Associate

• Supreme Court of Georgia, Judicial Extern, 2017
• Federal Trade Commission, Litigation Extern, 2016

• Azul S.A.: co-counsel to the Debtors, Brazil’s largest airline by number of departures and cities served, in the restructuring of almost $10 billion in liabilities.
• Powin LLC: co-counsel to the Debtors, an Oregon-based manufacturer of utility-scale battery energy storage systems and a provider of related energy services, in the restructuring of approximately $300 million in liabilities through a restructuring and sale of the debtors’ core businesses.
• JTRE Debtors: counsel to the chapter 11 trustee of the Debtors, a group of affiliated entities that own properties in Manhattan, including the former New York County Lawyers' Association Building located at 14 Vesey Street.

• New York, 2019
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association