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 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.

Practice Areas

Education

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

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
• Texas, State Bar of Texas

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