Professional Experience
Mark G. Sklarz is a partner in the Corporate and Business Law Department and is resident in Day Pitney's New Haven office. Mark's practice concentrates on sales, mergers and acquisitions of closely-held businesses and further includes advising business entities and real estate developers on governance structure; developing efficient tax strategy for family and generational transfer of business interests, income, and succession tax planning; and negotiating and documenting acquisitive and dispositive transactions. In addition, Mark has extensive experience in negotiating complex licensing transactions with professional sports leagues. Mark represents a broad client base through the Northeast region, including manufacturing and apparel corporations, automobile dealerships, third-party administrators, financial institutions and medical and professional groups. Mark also has extensive experience in counseling developers in multiple commercial projects, including land use, construction, financing, and regulatory aspects of office and retail complexes, university residential halls and shopping centers, and industrial parks.
Among other community activities, Mark is president of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, president of First City Fund Corporation, past president of Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden, CT, a member of the board of trustees and past chair of the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, past president of the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, and a past member of the board of trustees of Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. In 2003, Mark received the Hopkins School Medal and in 2005, Mark received the Gold Ring award from the New Haven Boys Club Alumni Association in recognition of his service to the young people of the Greater New Haven community.
Mark is an active member of the New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations, is a vice chair of the Business Law Section of the CBA and a member of the Executive Committees of the Business Law and Tax Sections of the CBA. Mark was a longtime member of the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee, and a member of the Business Taxation and Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Sections of the American Bar Association.
Mark received his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College; his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Connecticut School of Law; and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.
Mark is admitted to practice in Connecticut and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut the U.S. Tax Court, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
News, Publications & Presentations
· "Connecticut Adopts the Model Entity Transactions Act," Day Pitney Alert, July 19, 2011
· Testimony before Connecticut Banking Committee, General Assembly, Model Entity Transaction Act, May 2011
· Quoted, "Legislature eyes business law overhaul," Fairfield County Business Journal, March 25, 2011
· Presentation of Connecticut Model Entity Transaction Act of Joint Sections of Business and Taxation, CBA, November 2010
· Co-author, "Connecticut Tax Credit Incentivizes Angel Investment in Start-up Businesses," Day Pitney Alert, May 7, 2010
· Quoted, "New Bank Rooted in Community," New Haven Register, March 10, 2010
· "Estate Planning Update," Day Pitney Newsletter, December 2008
· Speaker, "Intellectual Property Transfers: Adding Value to IP Transfers Through Tax Planning," Day Pitney Seminar, October 30, 2007, Hartford, CT and November 6, 2007, New York, NY
· Speaker, "Legal Considerations of Buying and Selling Businesses," Hamden, CT, March 3, 2006