Michael R. Yellin

Examples of Mike’s work on complex matters, include:

• 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;
• Representing a New Jersey private equity fund in recovering its entire investment following the Chapter 11 filing by a New York borrower;
• 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 shareholde

Mike is an active member of the American Bar Association, Business Law Section’s Private Equity Committee, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Bergen County Bar Association. He was elected to the board of Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County in 2016. Mike’s practice has been complemented by his graduation from the John J. Lifland Federal Practice Inn of Court. 

Prior to joining the Cole Schotz, 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, he interned for the Hon. Jose L. Linares, U.S. District Judge, and the Hon. Patty Shwartz, . Magistrate Judge (now a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit).