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Yisell Rodriguez
Partner
390 North Orange Avenue
Suite 1400
Orlando, FL 32801
Suite 1400
Orlando, FL 32801
yisell.rodriguez@nelsonmullins.com
Yisell focuses her practice on affordable housing and tax matters, representing for-profit and nonprofit developers of multifamily housing for low-income families and seniors throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She counsels her clients in various aspects of developing, financing, and operating their communities. Her bilingual fluency in Spanish further enhances her ability...
Yisell focuses her practice on affordable housing and tax matters, representing for-profit and nonprofit developers of multifamily housing for low-income families and seniors throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She counsels her clients in various aspects of developing, financing, and operating their communities. Her bilingual fluency in Spanish further enhances her ability to serve a diverse client base.
to serve a diverse client base.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Experience
Ms. Rodriguez has significant transactional experience representing clients in affordable housing, including:
- Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) applications, structuring and equity investments
- Tax–exempt and taxable bonds
- HUD and FHA insured programs and subsidies (including 221(d)(4), 223(f), 241(a), 232, 202, 236, 811, Section 8, VASH, RAD, LIPHRA, ELIPRHA) and assignments, modifications, renewals, transfers of physical assets (TPA), and modified transfers of physical assets
- Joint ventures, including public/private partnerships, nonprofit/for profit partnerships, and preservation funds
- Conventional predevelopment, construction and permanent financing
- Federal, state and local loan and subsidy programs (including HOME, CDBG, NSP, SAIL, ELI, SHIP, AHP, and numerous other programs)
- Year 15 dispositions of LIHTC properties (including property sales and equity investor exits)
- Portfolio sales of LIHTC and other affordable housing properties
- Loan defaults and workouts
Previous Professional Experience
- Judicial Intern, Justice Charles T. Canady, Florida Supreme Court
- Legal Intern, Real Estate/Litigation firm
- Summer Associate, Florida regional law firm
Educational Activities
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- President, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- President, Immigration Law Association
- Director of Membership and Founding Member, the Cuban American Bar Association
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
University of Florida Levin College of Law,
JD,
cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Book Awards in Legal Research, Immigration Law, Florida Administrative Law, Law and Psychiatry, and Economics of the Family
- University of Central Florida, BS, Legal Studies, summa cum laude
Admissions
- Florida
Practice Areas
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Experience
Ms. Rodriguez has significant transactional experience representing clients in affordable housing, including:
- Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) applications, structuring and equity investments
- Tax–exempt and taxable bonds
- HUD and FHA insured programs and subsidies (including 221(d)(4), 223(f), 241(a), 232, 202, 236, 811, Section 8, VASH, RAD, LIPHRA, ELIPRHA) and assignments, modifications, renewals, transfers of physical assets (TPA), and modified transfers of physical assets
- Joint ventures, including public/private partnerships, nonprofit/for profit partnerships, and preservation funds
- Conventional predevelopment, construction and permanent financing
- Federal, state and local loan and subsidy programs (including HOME, CDBG, NSP, SAIL, ELI, SHIP, AHP, and numerous other programs)
- Year 15 dispositions of LIHTC properties (including property sales and equity investor exits)
- Portfolio sales of LIHTC and other affordable housing properties
- Loan defaults and workouts
Previous Professional Experience
- Judicial Intern, Justice Charles T. Canady, Florida Supreme Court
- Legal Intern, Real Estate/Litigation firm
- Summer Associate, Florida regional law firm
Educational Activities
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- President, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- President, Immigration Law Association
- Director of Membership and Founding Member, the Cuban American Bar Association
Languages
- Spanish
Media
Recognitions
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law (2022–2026)
Professional Activities
- The Florida Bar
Yisell focuses her practice on affordable housing and tax matters, representing for-profit and nonprofit developers of multifamily housing for low-income families and seniors throughout the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She counsels her clients in various aspects of developing, financing, and operating their communities. Her bilingual fluency in Spanish further enhances her ability... to serve a diverse client base.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Experience
Ms. Rodriguez has significant transactional experience representing clients in affordable housing, including:
- Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) applications, structuring and equity investments
- Tax–exempt and taxable bonds
- HUD and FHA insured programs and subsidies (including 221(d)(4), 223(f), 241(a), 232, 202, 236, 811, Section 8, VASH, RAD, LIPHRA, ELIPRHA) and assignments, modifications, renewals, transfers of physical assets (TPA), and modified transfers of physical assets
- Joint ventures, including public/private partnerships, nonprofit/for profit partnerships, and preservation funds
- Conventional predevelopment, construction and permanent financing
- Federal, state and local loan and subsidy programs (including HOME, CDBG, NSP, SAIL, ELI, SHIP, AHP, and numerous other programs)
- Year 15 dispositions of LIHTC properties (including property sales and equity investor exits)
- Portfolio sales of LIHTC and other affordable housing properties
- Loan defaults and workouts
Previous Professional Experience
- Judicial Intern, Justice Charles T. Canady, Florida Supreme Court
- Legal Intern, Real Estate/Litigation firm
- Summer Associate, Florida regional law firm
Educational Activities
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- President, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- President, Immigration Law Association
- Director of Membership and Founding Member, the Cuban American Bar Association
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
University of Florida Levin College of Law,
JD,
cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Book Awards in Legal Research, Immigration Law, Florida Administrative Law, Law and Psychiatry, and Economics of the Family
- University of Central Florida, BS, Legal Studies, summa cum laude
Admissions
- Florida
Practice Areas
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law (2022–2026)
- The Florida Bar
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