Awards & Rankings 06.05.25
With Record Results, Pillsbury's 2025 Chambers USA Rankings Reflect Emphasis on the Intersection of Technology Innovation, Capital and Government
The Firm Earned 52 Practice and 126 Lawyer Rankings in the Prestigious Guide
Craig E. Chason
Partner
Partner, Northern Virginia & Washington, DC
T: +1.703.770.7947
T: +1.202.533.8000
Super smart, very prepared and a tough negotiator
Pillsbury corporate and M&A partner, Craig Chason, is the leader of Pillsbury's Northern Virginia Corporate group. He represents middle-market and technology companies in the defense, aerospace, intelligence, cloud, software, health IT and government services sectors.
Craig has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financings, corporate governance and securities offerings. His M&A practice includes advising a broad range of private and public companies and private equity groups in sell-side and buy-side engagements, consolidation strategies, auction sales, divestitures and financings. Chambers & Partners, which has regularly ranked Craig as one of its top corporate Northern Virginia partners, notes that Craig is highly regarded by clients, who describe him as "super smart, very prepared and a tough negotiator."
Representative Experience
- Represented Maveris in its sale to Harmonia Holdings Group.
- Represented Softrams in its sale to Tria Federal, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital.
- Represented Harmonia in its strategic growth investment from Madison Dearborn Partners.
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- Represented C5MI Insight in its control investment by DC Capital Partners.
- Represented Agile Defense in its sale to Enlightenment Capital.
- Represented SemanticBits in its sale to ICF for $220 million.
- Represented Smartronix in its recapitalization by OceanSound Partners.
- Represented Creoal Consulting in its sale to SMX, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners.
- Represented Dexis in its strategic investment from CM Equity Partners.
- Represented KeyLogic Technologies in its sale to System One Holdings, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management.
- Represented Octo Consulting Group in its sale to Arlington Capital Partners.
- Represented Knight Point Systems in its sale to Perspecta for $250 million.
- Represented The Buffalo Group in its sale to Jacobs.
- Represented Sevatec in its merger with Octo Consulting Group.
- Represented NET eSolutions in its sale to NTT Data.
- Represented CollabraLink Technologies in its sale to Washington Harbour.
- Represented TeraThink in its sale to CGI.
- Represented Ace Info Solutions in its sale to Dovel Technologies.
- Represented SGT, Inc. in its sale to KBRwyle Technology Solutions, LLC.
- Represented Blue Canopy Group, LLC in its sale to Jacobs Technology Inc.
- Represented Vistronix Intelligence and Technology Solutions LLC, a global services and solutions provider to the Defense and Intelligence communities, in its sale to ASRC Federal Holding Company LLC.
- Represented Universal Consulting Services in its sale to Federal Advisory Partners.
- Represented IndraSoft in its sale to ASGN Inc.
- Represented Sentel Corporation in its sale to Vectrus Systems Corporation.
- Represented Greenwich AeroGroup in its sale of Aero Precision Industries to certain affiliates of Odyssey Investment Partners.
- Represented Applied Bioscience in its sale to PPD.
- Served as lead counsel to Macquarie, completing a number of complex domestic infrastructure acquisitions and investments.
Professional Highlights
Honors & Awards
- Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce – Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A – Northern Virginia (2005 – 2025)
- The Legal 500 U.S., Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2010 – 2013), M&A – Middle Market (2015 – 2018)
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- Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2021 – 2025), Securities/Capital Markets (2024).
- Top Washington Lawyer, Corporate M&A – Finalist, Washington Business Journal (2008)
- Northern Virginia Technology Council (Board of Directors, General Counsel)
- Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
- Co-founder, Northern Virginia Technology Council CFO Series
- Co-founder, Greater Washington Government Contractors Awards program
- Associations
- American Bar Association Section of Business Law
- Association of Corporate Growth
Education
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J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1983
M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1980
substantial course work in MBA programB.A., University of Virginia, 1977
with high honors
Admissions
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District of Columbia
Virginia