Craig Owen White serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Cleveland office at Hahn Loeser and is a dedicated mentor to younger lawyers. Serving as primary outside corporate counsel to business enterprises, Craig guides established companies through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise governance, financing and licensing issues in the United States and abroad.
White’s experience includes structuring and executing business strategies and representing clients in a wide range of transactions, including asset and stock sales and purchases, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cooperative research and development agreements, trademark licensing agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint-venture agreements and executive employment agreements.
White has experience in enterprise governance matters for privately owned companies and counsels government and non-governmental organizations on economic development initiatives and their participation in sophisticated business transactions.
White is a member of the Board of Directors of Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., a nationally ranked, privately owned cheese processing and manufacturing company with facilities throughout the U.S.
White received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. in Political Economy/Political Science from Williams College.
