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Joel B. Sklar

Evans Petree PC
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law...
  • Law School:
    Vanderbilt University
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://evanspetree.com/profes...
  • Website:
    https://www.evanspetree.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    901-525-6781
  • Phone Number:
    901-525-6781
  • E-mail:
    jsklar@evanspetree.com
  • Languages:
  • Location:
    1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800
    Memphis, TN 38120

Joel Sklar is the leader of the Evans Petree PC Corporate Law practice group. Joel strives to bring a constructive and imaginative outlook to business transactions, believing that clients require practical solutions, not just legal analyses of their issues. He regularly works with clients who have diverse needs and budgets. He knows how to accommodate simple transactions efficiently as well as those that have a significant degree of sophistication. Joel has extensive experience representing clients in transactions involving:

  • Mergers and asset and stock acquisitions
  • Private placement of securitiesStart-up/emerging company issues
  • Venture capital financing
  • Entity formation, corporate organization/structuring of new businesses
  • Secured financings
  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Franchise work for both the franchisor and franchisee

Joel is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee, Texas, and American Bar Associations. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Active civically, he has served on the Alumni Board of Memphis University School and is the immediate past president and current member of the Executive Committee of the Memphis Jewish Federation.

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Lawyer Bio

Joel Sklar is the leader of the Evans Petree PC Corporate Law practice group. Joel strives to bring a constructive and imaginative outlook to business transactions, believing that clients require practical solutions, not just legal analyses of their issues. He regularly works with clients who have diverse needs and budgets. He knows how to accommodate simple transactions efficiently as well as those that have a significant degree of sophistication. Joel has extensive experience representing clients in transactions involving:

  • Mergers and asset and stock acquisitions
  • Private placement of securitiesStart-up/emerging company issues
  • Venture capital financing
  • Entity formation, corporate organization/structuring of new businesses
  • Secured financings
  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Franchise work for both the franchisor and franchisee

Joel is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee, Texas, and American Bar Associations. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Active civically, he has served on the Alumni Board of Memphis University School and is the immediate past president and current member of the Executive Committee of the Memphis Jewish Federation.

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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Education:

  • Vanderbilt University , J.D., graduated 1992
  • The University of Texas at Austin, BA, graduated 1989

Bar Admissions:

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Memphis (2020)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
 

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Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
 

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Evans Petree PC
https://www.evanspetree.com
 
Headquarters
1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 800
Memphis, TN 38120
901-525-6781
4 Office Locations
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United States

Mississippi

Mississippi

Oxford, MS

1204 Office Park Drive, Unit B

Oxford, MS 38655

United States

662-546-4655

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Tennessee

Franklin, TN

2550 Meridian Boulevard, Suite 200

Franklin, TN 37067

United States

615-567-8161

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Memphis, TN

6060 Poplar Ave, Suite 400

Memphis, TN 38120

United States

901-525-6781

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