Michael J. Niles
Associate
Michael Niles is an associate on Berger Singerman’s Business Reorganization Team and Business, Finance & Tax Team in the Tallahassee office. Mike focuses his practice on commercial bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters, bankruptcy litigation, and commercial real estate transactions.
Representative Matters 
- Represented creditors in bankruptcy proceedings filed under chapter 7, 11, and 13
- Assisted in the representation of an unsecured creditors committee in a healthcare insolvency related case
- Assisted clients in the purchase and sale of property from bankruptcy estates
- Represented both local and national developers, property owners, lenders, and borrowers in the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, and development of real property
- Experienced in commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, lending, long-term ground leasing and commercial leasing, corporate transactions and services, private and public land use restrictions and real property management
- Assisted in numerous commercial real estate transactions, including negotiation, document drafting, title review, survey review and other related due diligence matters
Awards & Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America®, "Ones to Watch" (2021)
- Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2020)
- Florida Legal Elite Up & Comer by Florida Trend magazine (2016)
Community Activities / Associations
- Member, The Florida Bar
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Young Lawyers Division
- Member, Tallahassee Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Board Member, The Northern District of the Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association
- Member, William H. Stafford American Inn of Court
Prior Affiliations
- Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel
- Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Court Law Clerk for Judge Specie