Overview
Michael Cypers is an experienced trial lawyer and business counselor who focuses on complex financial disputes. He has tried multiple cases dealing with civil securities, corporate, partnership, financing, housing finance and fiduciary duties. Few lawyers in the country have handled as many affordable housing investment litigations as Michael has. He is a frequent thought leader on the topic, discussing recent trial results, court decisions and trends in affordable housing litigation.
Michael’s successful trial work on behalf of a private equity affordable housing fund that rescinded investment contracts earned a “Top High Impact Verdict” in California distinction by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He has tried several disputes before juries involving financial statements, including a seven-month class action alleging $1 billion in damages that resulted in a defense verdict for his client.
Michael is particularly sought after for:
- Complex commercial litigation
- Affordable housing litigation
- Financial disputes
- Securities litigation
- Disputes over loans and financing
Michael has been based in Los Angeles over the course of his professional career. He successfully represented a private equity tax credit firm in its securing of rights to solar energy projects in Canada; he represented a public pension in a dispute with a Wall Street securities firm; and he represented the majority founders of a venture capital firm in separating from a minority founder. He has also litigated civil securities matters relating to Enron, Cendant, McKesson and Sprint.
Michael was an adjunct professor of law at Berkeley Law at the University of California, Berkeley from 1997 until 2012, teaching seminars on securities litigation, corporate governance and advanced civil litigation.
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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D.
University of California, Berkeley, A.B., History, with Great Distinction in General Scholarship, recipient of the Regents’ Scholarship
Admissions
- California
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