About Joel
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 acquisitionsPrivate placement of securitiesStart-up/emerging company issuesVenture capital financingEntity formation, corporate organization/structuring of new businessesSecured financingsJoint ventures and strategic alliancesFranchise work for both the franchisor and franchiseeJoel 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.
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:
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.
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Memphis (2020)
- Recognized: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Recognized: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Recognized: Copyright Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Practice Area: Commercial Finance Law
- Practice Area: Equipment Finance Law
- Practice Area: Franchise Law
- Practice Area: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Practice Area: Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
- Practice Area: Securities Regulation
- Practice Area: Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Practice Area: Venture Capital Law
- 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America