Cranfill Sumner LLP

Headquartered in Raleigh, Cranfill Sumner LLP offers a wide range of corporate services to a multinational clientele, including mergers & acquisitions, private equity management, and securities, with a core focus on the manufacturing, healthcare, and technology industries. The chair of the M&A practice group is Raleigh-based Dominic Totman, who specialises in regulatory compliance, employment law, and contract drafting & negotiations. Supporting Totman from the Raleigh office are Charles Hicks, who centres his practice on risk management & workers’ compensation, and Charlie Raphun, who offers tailored advice on technology-based acquisitions, divestitures, and intellectual property licensing agreements.