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sbarnes@fdh.com
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Ska represents clients across the private capital ecosystem in a wide range of transactions, including M&A, financing and investment activities and other strategic transactions. She is relationship-driven, know for taking a long-term, client focused approach and investing the time necessary to understand each client's business and objectives in order to provide commercially grounded counsel.
Ska has experience in domestic and cross-border transactional matters, with a focus on high growth businesses in the consumer and technology industries, values- and impact-driven businesses and asset managers.
Representative transactions include:
- Representing middle-market private equity funds across the life-cycle of their buyout investments, including platform acquisitions, equity financings, add-on transactions, and sale processes.
- Representing growth equity and venture capital funds in financings involving early-stage and high growth companies, including preferred equity issuances, secondary sales, warrants, convertible debt and SAFEs.
- Representing private companies in stock and asset acquisitions and sales, including carve-out transactions.
Ska currently co-leads FDH’s business and client development function and serves on the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee. She previously co-chaired FDH's Women's Initiative Network. Before joining the firm, she practiced in the corporate department at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
Outside of work, Ska serves on the Boards of the Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation and the Indigenous Leadership Circle, and supports small businesses and entrepreneurs in her community through pro bono. She also enjoys gardening, international travel and spending time in community.
Honors
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Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer (Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions) in Fairfield County (2026)
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National Aboriginal Achievement Award, Indspire (2010)
Associations
- Board of Directors, Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation (2026 - present)
- Board of Directors, Indigenous Leadership Circle, Canada (2024 - present)
- Chair of Ad Hoc Young Lawyers Committee, Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (2021)