JOSEPH O’HARA, OF COUNSEL

Joseph O’Hara is Of Counsel in Sklar Kirsh’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, and general corporate matters across all stages of a client’s life cycle. He also represents talent and entertainment clients in a variety of complex commercial transactions.

Prior to joining Sklar Kirsh, Joe served for over six years as President and General Counsel of a multi-family office serving professional athlete and entertainment clients, where he managed legal affairs for the firm and its clients and oversaw legal strategy and operations across multiple investment platforms and special purpose vehicles. Joe’s combined in-house legal and investment management experience gives him a practical, business-oriented perspective on structuring, risk, and execution.

Joe began his legal career at Milbank LLP in New York and Los Angeles, practicing in the Corporate Finance and Financial Restructuring groups and representing clients in secured credit facilities, Rule 144A structured finance transactions, and Chapter 11 restructurings. He later practiced in the corporate departments of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP, Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George LLP, and Eisner Kahan Gorry Chapman Ross & Jaffe. After 11 years within law firms, Joe founded O’Hara General Counsel, advising startups, investors, and individual talent on transactional and strategic matters.

Before law school, Joe served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, completing two Middle East deployments as an infantry officer.

Joe earned his B.S., with University Honors, from Carnegie Mellon University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Law Review. He is admitted to practice in California and New York (inactive) and serves as a Director of The Skatepark Project.