Yaél advises clients in a wide range of domestic and cross-border art and cultural property matters.

She has years of experience representing clients in complex commercial art transactions, including auction and private sales, purchases, consignments and loans. Yaél counsels clients on a variety of art matters relating to title, authenticity, provenance, and others.

She has represented claimants seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust, and claimants seeking the recovery of looted or stolen cultural patrimony. Notably, Yaél represents the sole heir of the Dutch dealer and collector, Jacques Goudstikker, in connection with the restitution of Nazi looted artworks from numerous museums and collections throughout the world.

Yaél received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender. While in law school, Yaél interned with the Honorable Faith S. Hochberg of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Yaél received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Binghamton University. Yaél is fluent in Hebrew.

Memberships & Associations

• Center for Art Law, Advisory Board Member

• ArtTable

  • Programs Committee, New York Chapter

  • Circle Member

• International Bar Association (IBA)

  • Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee Member

  • Women Lawyers' Committee Member

• Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association (2018-2021)

• Member, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA)

• Appraisers Association of America, Art Law Day Committee