CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Capital markets attorney Jinelle Craig has joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Charlotte office.

Craig’s practice focuses on commercial lending, corporate transactional and general commercial matters and her experience includes advising lenders on acquisition financing, real estate financing and working capital credit facilities, as well as assisting with public financing transactions for transportation, educational, technology and healthcare institutions. She also guides clients in cross-border transactions.

“Jinelle is an experienced lending attorney who is well-known to our team members and financial institution clients,” said Merrick Benn, Leader of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Capital Markets Practice Group. “We are looking to grow our team, and when we had the opportunity to add an attorney of Jinelle’s caliber, I knew we had to act.”

She comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC in Charlotte, where she worked with Taber Cathcart, who recently joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner. Her prior experience also includes serving as Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department for nearly four years. Craig is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and holds an M.P.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

“Womble Bond Dickinson has a reputation as an outstanding Capital Markets firm, with strong client relationships,” Craig said. “I’m excited to begin the next chapter of my career as a member of the Womble Bond Dickinson team.”