Transaction
The sale of a regional manufacturing company to a strategic buyer, including the employment agreements that had to survive closing.
Established 1994
Advice for owners, companies, and the property they hold.
Crown Hill advises owners, companies, and families on transactions, property, employment, and disputes. The principal office is in Charleston. A second office sits in Richmond.
The firm
Track record
- 32 YearsYears
- In practice since the Charleston office opened in 1994.
- 1,860 MattersMatters
- Files opened for owners, companies, and families.
- 740 ClientsClients
- Advised from the Charleston and Richmond offices.
- 94% ReturnedReturned
- Brought the firm a later matter.
Practices
Five areas of work
01
Business counsel
Forming, buying, selling, and governing closely held companies, and the contracts that follow a closing.
Read02Civil disputes
Contract, business, and property disputes in South Carolina and Virginia, and the negotiations that keep a case from trial.
Read03Real property
Acquisitions, sales, commercial leases, and the title and boundary questions underneath them.
Read04Private clients
Wills, trusts, and the succession of family companies and property, including matters that cross the two offices.
Read05Employment
Agreements, departures, handbooks, and disputes between companies and the people who work for them.
ReadSelected matters
The kind of file the firm keeps
Dispute
A boundary and access dispute between two adjoining commercial parcels, resolved on a record that was ready for trial.
Private client
A succession plan for a family holding operating companies and shoreline property in South Carolina and Virginia.
People
Partners
Managing Partner
Margaret A. Hale
Advises owners on the purchase and sale of closely held companies and on the family arrangements that sit beside those deals.
Partner
James R. Whitaker
Tries and settles contract, business, and property disputes in the courts of South Carolina.
Partner
Elena M. Voss
Handles commercial purchases, sales, and leases from the Richmond office, including land held by Charleston clients.
Clients
What clients have said
Margaret stayed on the sale from the first call through closing. The employment terms were ready when the buyer asked for them.
Helen P.Charleston · Business counsel
Elena read the restoration clause before we signed. We knew what the last day of the lease would cost.
Marcus L.Richmond · Real property
James narrowed the case in the first month. We settled against a record that could have been tried.
Andrea S.Charleston · Civil disputes
The will and the company agreement finally described the same plan. The children can follow it.
Ruth K.Richmond · Private clients
David prepared the separation and the handbook together. The paper matches how the shop actually works.
Owen D.Charleston · Employment
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