Bio

Craig A. Sklar is a partner and the Co-Head of the Business Transactions Group at Seward & Kissel. Craig joined the firm in 1998 after practicing corporate and commercial litigation for three years. Craig represents public and private companies, private investment funds, investment management firms, financial institutions, business owners and managers in connection with a variety of business transactions, financings and general corporate matters. Representative transactions include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, debt and venture capital transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, seed capital arrangements, PIPEs, initial public offerings, high-yield debt offerings and other public and private securities offerings. His general corporate work includes the formation and organization of various business entities, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, drafting letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, shareholder agreements, employment and consulting agreements, non-compete agreements and various other forms of commercial arrangements. In addition, Craig currently acts as an editor for IM Deals® (a blog covering developments relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, financings and seed deals involving firms in the investment management industry).