Overview

Craig is located in our Ridgeland office where he focuses his practice on Real Estate Development and Finance as well as Mergers and Acquisitions.

Experience

  • Buyer’s counsel in connection with numerous commercial offices, warehouse/industrial and development property acquisitions, financings and leasing throughout the Southeast and Southwest United States.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with $225,000,000 revolving credit facility to national real estate investment trust.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with $54,000,000 multi-state mortgage loan facility.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with term loan facilities totaling in excess of $450,000,000 for national commercial property owner/developer.
  • Owner’s leasing counsel for national real estate investment trust’s commercial property portfolio.

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1992
  • Florida, 1995

Education

  • Mississippi College, J.D., with honors, 1992
    • Hearin-Hess Law Scholarship
    • American Jurisprudence Award – Federal Taxation and Corporations
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, with honors, 1984
    • Dean Student Advisory Committee

Associations

  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Florida Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Hinds County Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • Stewpot Community Services
  • Bratton Street Low Income Housing Project
  • Mississippi Region Sports Car Club of America, Secretary/ Treasurer

Craig D.

Smith

Overview

Craig is located in our Ridgeland office where he focuses his practice on Real Estate Development and Finance as well as Mergers and Acquisitions.

Experience

  • Buyer’s counsel in connection with numerous commercial offices, warehouse/industrial and development property acquisitions, financings and leasing throughout the Southeast and Southwest United States.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with $225,000,000 revolving credit facility to national real estate investment trust.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with $54,000,000 multi-state mortgage loan facility.
  • Borrower’s counsel in connection with term loan facilities totaling in excess of $450,000,000 for national commercial property owner/developer.
  • Owner’s leasing counsel for national real estate investment trust’s commercial property portfolio.

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1992
  • Florida, 1995

Education

  • Mississippi College, J.D., with honors, 1992
    • Hearin-Hess Law Scholarship
    • American Jurisprudence Award – Federal Taxation and Corporations
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, with honors, 1984
    • Dean Student Advisory Committee

Associations

  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Florida Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Hinds County Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • Stewpot Community Services
  • Bratton Street Low Income Housing Project
  • Mississippi Region Sports Car Club of America, Secretary/ Treasurer