Yaél M. Weitz

Yaél M. Weitz

Counsel, New York

Yaél is Counsel at Freedman Normand Friedland, LLP, where she advises clients in a wide range of art and cultural property matters. 

She has broad experience with 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 in actions seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust and in the recovery of looted or stolen cultural patrimony. 

Yaél was named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2024 and has been ranked by Chambers High Net Worth in Art and Cultural Property Law since 2023.  Prior to joining FNF, Yaél was Counsel at Kaye Spiegler, LLP.