Experienced real estate and finance attorney James Inendino joins McDonald Hopkins

CHICAGO — Experienced real estate and finance attorney James Inendino has joined McDonald Hopkins LLC as a Member in the Business Department in Chicago.

Inendino adds over 30 years of experience to the firm’s national finance and real estate teams. His practice focuses on providing insight and guidance to clients on corporate finance, real estate finance, workouts, restructurings, and commercial real estate transactions.

“I am very excited for Jim to join our firm to handle real estate and financing transactions involving lenders, companies, and investment firms,” said Marc J. Carmel, Managing Member of McDonald Hopkins’ Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. “Jim’s experience will add significant firepower to our bench of corporate attorneys and the Chicago office, and we are thrilled to welcome such an accomplished and respected attorney to McDonald Hopkins.”

Inendino represents national, regional, and local financial institutions and borrowers in secured and unsecured lending transactions, including CMBS, real estate, asset based and credit based loans. His experience also includes representing a wide variety of commercial, hospitality, industrial, retail, office, multi-family residential development, and shopping center clients on lending matters, financing and leasing transactions. Additionally, he counsels commercial lenders and financial institutions in connection with commercial real estate related workouts and restructuring transactions. Inendino also has extensive experience representing industrial property, retail, commercial property, and residential property developers in all phases of development.

Inendino earned his J.D., with honors, from DePaul University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from Carthage College.