JOEL HAAS is an associate in the Global Finance group in the firm’s Chicago office.
Prior to joining Sidley, Joel practiced corporate transactional law at a mid-size law firm based in Indianapolis focusing on industrial and multifamily construction lending, including club syndication facilities. Before practicing law, he was a member of a prominent central Indiana real estate development firm’s in-house legal department, where he provided a wide range of legal services including negotiating and documenting secured land and construction financings with municipal bond and state tax credit components.
Joel graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where he completed a Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate. He received his B.A., magna cum laude and with honors and distinction, in history from Occidental College.