Michael Yellin

Michael Yellin is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation Department and Real Estate Special Opportunities Group. Mike’s practice is focused on providing his clients, which include private equity, hedge and real estate opportunity funds, lenders, investors, and business owners, with creative and practical legal strategies to maximize opportunities while minimizing expense and exposure

Recognized as a “Rising Star” by New Jersey Super Lawyers, Mike regularly counsels his clients concerning the acquisition and sale of distressed properties and debt, partnership disputes, commercial real estate litigation, project development, asset disposition, foreclosures, and bankruptcy-related workouts and restructuring. Since joining the firm in 2008, Mike has worked on a number of complex matters, including:

• Representing a New York-based private investment firm in connection with the acquisition and subsequent foreclosure of a distressed $30 million loan, secured by an office complex near Trenton, New Jersey;
• Successfully invalidating a shareholder vote conducted by a large, private corporation that would have authorized the sale of all corporate assets in violation of the shareholders’ agreement and the interests of several shareholders;
• Successfully prosecuting a hotly contested commercial foreclosure concerning a $27 million loan secured by a large office building in northern New Jersey;
• Representing a California investment fund in connection with a $12 million foreclosure action concerning three properties located in Northern New Jersey; and
• After two-years of contentious litigation and eight days of trial, preventing the majority shareholders of a private corporation from wrongfully terminating a minority shareholder.

As a result of the quality of his legal work and professionalism, Mike has been awarded the top rating of AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals. Mike is also active in numerous industry organizations, including the American Bar Association, Business Law Section’s Private Equity Committee, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Bergen County Bar Association. Mike’s practice has also been complemented by his graduation from, and membership in, the John J. Lifland Federal Practice Inn of Court.

Prior to joining the firm, Mike worked as an analyst for a cross-border boutique M&A firm specializing in targeting potential acquisitions throughout the United States and Western Europe. During law school, Mike inter