Practices
Craig A. Sklar is a partner and the Co-Head of Seward & Kissel’s Corporate M&A Practice and Co-Lead of the Wealth Management Team. Craig joined the firm in 1998 after practicing corporate and commercial litigation for three years. He also served on Seward & Kissel’s Management Committee for 11 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, and seed capital arrangements. 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 acts as an editor for IM Deals® (a blog covering investment management industry transactions).
Craig received a B.S. degree, cum laude, from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 1992, and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 1995 where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif (top 10%) and was a member of the Urban Law Journal. Craig is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut and is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Connecticut Bar Association.
Representative Experience
- Represented Stable Rock Solutions in connection with its acquisition of mac-tech, LLC.
- Represented Catalyst Global Financial Group in connection with its growth investment from Aquiline.
- Represented Stable Rock Solutions in its acquisition of True Compare PEO.
- Represented Source Financial Advisors in its acquisition by Savant Wealth Management.
- Represented Stable Rock Solutions in its acquisition of Charles Grossman CPA.
- Represented AlTi Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: AlTi) in connection with its acquisition of Envoi, LLC.
- Represented Kennedy Lewis in connection with its minority stake sale to Petershill at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
- Represented AlTi Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: AlTi) in connection with its acquisition of East End Advisors.
- Represents Paradigm Governance Partners in its merger with Hawksford.
- Represented Par Four in connection in its acquisition by Blue Owl.
- Represented Dyson Capital in connection with its acquisition by Pathstone.
- Represented Tiedemann Advisors and TIG Advisors in connection with their business combination with Alvarium Investments Limited and Cartesian Growth Corporation to form AlTi Global, Inc. and become a publicly listed company (NASDAQ: AlTi).
Recognition
- Seward & Kissel Business Transactions Group Ranked as “Highly Regarded” for Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA (as well as Craig Sklar as a “Leading Individual”).
- Seward & Kissel Business Transactions Group recommended for middle-market M&A by The Legal 500 (as well as Craig Sklar as a “Recommended Attorney”).
- Recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by New York Super Lawyers.
- Recognized in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Guide.
