Craig Dixon is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The St. James, the category-creating sports, wellness and active entertainment destination brand in the country. Craig is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The St. James Group, where he focuses on investments in sports, wellness, entertainment, technology, and real estate. Prior to founding The St. James, Craig was Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel at Smithfield Foods, a Fortune 250 global food business, and the world’s largest pork processor. There Craig focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and was the general counsel to multiple operating subsidiaries. Before joining Smithfield, he was a senior lawyer at McGuireWoods LLP focusing on mergers and acquisitions and international project finance. Craig began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable James Spencer, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. Craig earned a BBA from the College of William & Mary as well as his Juris Doctor from the William & Mary School of Law where he was a recipient of the TC Clarke Scholarship, the Law Foundation Scholarship and the Thurgood Marshall Humanitarian Award. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development.

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Practice focused on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, complex litigation and preparation of the company's proxy statement/annual meeting of shareholders. General counsel to business units with combined revenues of more than $3 billion, with a focus on managing litigation, drafting commercial agreements and providing general legal counsel.

Corporate Governance, Securities, M&A, Litigation and other Compliance matters.

Associate in the Corporate Services Department. Transactional focus on M&A, Project Finance, International Joint Ventures, Securities, Corporate Governance and Real Estate