About Scott Ehrlich

Scott R. Ehrlich is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and the Department Head of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Scott’s practice focuses on corporate M&A and finance transactions, with an emphasis on the entertainment and media industry.

Scott has more than 20 years of experience representing diverse public and private clients in corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, IPOs, equity and 144A debt offerings, PIPE transactions, and general corporate and business matters. Scott has also represented start-up entities and investors in seed capital and venture capital financing rounds.

Scott joined Sklar Kirsh after serving nearly nine years as the General Counsel of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group where he was the chief legal officer handling dozens of high-stakes, post-production, and new distribution technology deals, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and joint venture activity along with providing day to day legal and commercial advice to business units around the world. Scott’s in-house experience gives him a strong familiarity with the major entertainment companies and the many different sectors of the entertainment business, including new media. Having been a law firm client, Scott has a deep appreciation of what clients expect and how to provide services in a cost-effective manner.

Scott is admitted to the California, New York, DC, and Maryland (inactive status) bars and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York (inactive status). Scott is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Bar. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, teaching Business Planning: Financing the Start-Up Business and venture Capital Financing.