Michael S. Yashko

Mike has more than thirty years of experience in the areas of real estate development, real estate finance, construction, and general business matters. His clients include owners, developers, contractors, closely held businesses, and select individuals.

Experience

• Counsel for financial institutions in various transactions, including commercial lending, workouts, restructurings and insolvencies and purchases and sales of distressed assets and debt
• Counsel for various clients concerning issues related to use of sovereign submerged lands and adjacent uplands
• Outside general counsel to large closely held general contractor operating in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico
• Represented developers in connection with Section 42 LIHTC Projects throughout the Midwest from land acquisition to sale of credits to third party investors
   

Services

• Entrepreneurial & Emerging Business Services
• Corporate Governance
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• International Business
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking & Financial Services
• Real Estate Development
• Real Estate Finance
• Commercial Leasing
• Corporate & Transactional
• Construction Law
• Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas
• Cannabis Law and Policy
• Corporate Compliance
• Qualified Opportunity Zones

Industries

• Cannabis
• Construction
• Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas
• Financial Services
• Real Estate Industry
• Retail & Hospitality Services

1. Northwestern University School of Law, J.D.
   • cum laude
2. The Ohio State University, B.S., Finance and Economics
   • cum laude

Bar Admissions

1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. Ohio

Court Admissions

1. U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
2. U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

• AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law (2018-2023); Litigation - Real Estate (2023)
• Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2010-2015)
• Selected as Naples Illustrated "Top Lawyer" - Real Estate Law (2022)

Professional Affiliations

• Florida Bar Association
• Lee County Bar Association
• Collier County Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Columbus Bar Association
• Mortgage Bankers Association of Southwest Florida

Community Affiliations

• Board of Trustees, The Foundation for Economic Education