Craig Owen White

Craig Owen White


Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Recognized since 2007

Cleveland, Ohio

Practice Areas

Corporate Compliance Law

Corporate Governance Law

Corporate Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Corporate Compliance Law
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Craig Owen White serves as Partner-in-Charge of Hahn Loeser's Cleveland office and guides established and growth-oriented companies through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise governance, and financing and licensing issues in the United States and abroad. He has particular experience serving as primary outside corporate counsel to business enterprises.

Craig’s clients benefit from his experience as a corporate counselor, which includes service as a director of Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., one of the largest privately owned food companies in the United States. He also serves as the primary U.S. corporate counsel for HEAD SPORT GmbH, a European-based international sports equipment conglomerate operating under the Head, Tyrolia and Mares brands.

Craig’s practice experience includes structuring and executing business strategies as well as representing his 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.

Craig also has substantial experience in enterprise governance matters, particularly for privately owned companies. As a member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Corporate Laws of the Section of Business, Craig was a contributing author to Managing Closely-Held Corporations: A Legal Guidebook. He was also a commentator on governance issues at the George W. Leet Business Law symposium, a national forum sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Law and participated as a facilitator at a National Association of Corporate Directors’ program called Answering the Top 10 Questions Facing Family Business Boards.

In addition, Craig counsels government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on economic development initiatives and their participation in sophisticated business transactions. Craig is a frequent lecturer internationally on issues of global commerce and enterprise governance. He delivers an annual lecture series in commercial law for lawyers in Zambabwe.

Craig was recently reappointed for a second term by the United States Representative (USTR) to the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA). The USTR has primary responsibility for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade policies and overseeing negotiations with other countries. TACA provides advice to USTR in developing U.S. trade policy throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Craig takes an active leadership role in several professional and civic organizations, including serving as the Vice Chair of the board of trustees of the International Senior Lawyers Project and on the executive committee of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Craig is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the categories of Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Compliance Law and Corporate Law. He is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available rating for legal ability and professional ethics.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 200 Public Square, Suite 2800
    Cleveland, OH 44114
Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1983
  • Williams College, B.A., graduated 1979
Bar Admissions
  • Ohio, 1983
Affiliations
  • Alliott Global Alliance - Member
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. - Board of Directors
  • International Senior Lawyers Project - Vice Chair
  • Trade Advisory Committee on Africa, Office of the United States Trade Representative - Member
  • Western Reserve Land Conservancy - Executive Committee Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Corporate Compliance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Cleveland (2019)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
Special Focus:
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Director and Officer Liability
  • Internal Investigations
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Governance Law, 2007-25, Compliance Law, 2007-25, Corporate Law, 2020-25

  • Sugar Maple Award, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, 2024

  • 2022 Most Influential Black Lawyers, Savoy Magazine

  • The National Black Lawyers, Top 100 Black Lawyers in Ohio, 2021
  • Fairfax Business 18th Annual Black Tie Affair Award Recognition, 2014
  • Ohio Super Lawyers®, 2004-06, 2010-16
  • Honorary Doctor of Laws, Central State University
  • AV Preeminent® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • International Trade and Finance Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Regulation

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