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Eigenvalues of block-hermitian matrices with zero diagonal blocks

I have a matrix of the form $D = \left( \begin{array}{cc} 0 & C \\ C^{\dagger} & 0 \end{array} \right), $ where $C$ is not necessarily hermitian. Can we in general say anything about the eigenvalues of $D$ in terms of $C$? In particular, I'm interested in the case where every eigenvalue of $C$ has algebraic multiplicity 2, and what that implies about the multiplicities of eigenvalues of $D$.