City & State NY Names Michele Arbeeny to Above & Beyond: Women 2026
This week, City & State NY announced the 2026 Above & Beyond: Women. They’re public officials, policymakers and planners... visionaries creating new transit hubs, new streetscapes and new cultural attractions... taking on new roles and new challenges... educating the next generation of leaders. What unites them is that they’re all doing their part to move New York forward – and our Partner, Michele Arbeeny, is among the honorees!
From her profile:
Michele Arbeeny is focused on using her career to help others – whether it’s guiding clients through business development and transactions or mentoring young professionals in her field.
At the law firm Windels Marx, Arbeeny’s practice combines banking, finance, real estate and nonprofits, as she represents financial institutions, developers and nonprofit organizations on issues regarding finances and affordable housing. She has a track record of helping clients with acquisition, construction, loans, bonds and financing.
“While I was originally drawn to litigation, I made the switch to a transactional practice early in my career and have never looked back,” she says. “The people who’ve shared this journey with me are a testament to the creativity and collegiality in finance, real estate and not-for-profit law.”
Arbeeny is the Chair of Windels Marx Women, a group of women legal professionals who get together for networking, development and mentorship opportunities. She credits mentors for helping her understand her own motivations behind her work, which paved the way for her transition to transactional law.
“Teamwork really does make the dream work,” she says. “I thrive in the diversity of the day’s ambitions and a team that shares enthusiasm for what we’ve undertaken, what we’ve accomplished and what we have yet to achieve.”
“When considered on the whole, it's a life and career of my own unique design, which fills me with tremendous pride,” Arbeeny says. Go to Michele's Above & Beyond: Women profile.
About Michele
Michele Arbeeny concentrates her practice on nonprofit, real estate, health care and municipal finance matters. She maintains a successful track record of representing financial institutions and nonprofits in all aspects of secured and unsecured financing, including acquisition, construction, revolving and term loans, as well as tax-exempt and taxable bonds. Michele also represents financial institutions and developers in affordable housing transactions. She has been recognized by numerous peer review surveys and industry publications, including: The Best Lawyers in America - Public Finance Law (2021-2026); Super Lawyers - New York Metro - Banking (2023-2025); City & State New York - Women Power 100 (2025), Responsible 100 (2019), Diversity (2018); Crain's New York Business - Notable Women in Law (2019, 2020); New York Law Journal - New York's Top Rated Lawyers (2019); New York Magazine - Leaders in Law (2018); and New York Real Estate Journal - Women in Real Estate (2012, 2018).
