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Barry Hines is Chair of the firm’s Business Department. He advises institutional lenders and loan servicers on complex commercial real estate finance transactions nationwide. Recognized as one of the country’s leading real estate finance attorneys, he helps clients structure, originate, service, restructure and enforce high-value commercial real estate financing transactions. His clients include CMBS and CLO lenders, banks, life insurance companies, debt funds, bridge and mezzanine lenders, and loan servicers. He regularly represents lenders in transactions ranging from $10 million to more than $1 billion across all major asset classes.

Barry is Chair of the firm’s Business Department and a former member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He founded and previously led the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Lending and Servicing Practice Group.

Barry is a past President and Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the nation’s premier organization of distinguished real estate attorneys. He is a frequent speaker and author on topics involving commercial real estate finance. He has been recognized by Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Barry is admitted to practice in New York, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Other Info About Barry

Education

Law School

University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 1993, cum laude
Senior Editor, Law Review
Brandeis Honor Society

Undergraduate School

University of Kentucky, B.S., 1987

Bar Memberships

Barry is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Kentucky

Tennessee

New York

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year” in Louisville, KY

The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance, 2006-2027; Real Estate, 2006-2027; Commercial Finance Law 2027

Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers, 2024-2025

Included in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers

Chambers USA, Real Estate, 2003-2025

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), past president and former member of the Board of Governors, 2024

Mortgage Bankers Association of America

Firm Committees

Barry serves or has served in the following leadership role(s) at FBT Gibbons:

Executive Committee, Member

Finance Committee, Member

Budget/Audit Committee, former Member

Major Publications

Barry is an author or contributor to the following publications:

“It’s All About the Money – Leases as Collateral,” ABA/American College of Real Estate Lawyers, March 2016

“Refinancing Tenant-In-Common Loans Utilizing a Delaware Statutory Trust,” the ACREL Papers, Fall 2014, published by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

“Stacking the Deck in Your Favor,” American College of Real Estate Lawyers Spring 2012 Meeting

“Commercial Real Estate Financing,” Kentucky Real Estate Law and Practice, Chapter 8, 4th Ed., 2012, published by the University of Kentucky College of Law

“Revived, Reviled, Rescued or Redeemed, The Return of CMBS,” American College of Real Estate Lawyers Fall 2011 Meeting

“What’s New for CMBS 2.0 Loan Originations and Why?”, The ACREL Papers, Fall 2011, published by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

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