Barry A. Hines

Barry A. Hines is a partner at FBT Gibbons with offices in Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. His practice concentrates on commercial real estate finance, including loans originated by commercial mortgage-backed securities lenders, life insurance companies, bridge lenders, and mezzanine lenders. He also represents master and special servicers. His work involves commercial mortgage transactions and the financing and servicing structures used by institutional lenders across the country.

Barry earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1993. He served as a senior editor of the law review and belonged to the Brandeis Honor Society. He received a B.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1987. His education and long concentration in financing matters support his work on complex loans, real estate collateral, and capital markets arrangements.

Barry advises lenders and servicers on the documentation and practical requirements of commercial real estate finance transactions. His clients include institutions originating commercial mortgage loans nationwide and companies responsible for servicing those obligations. At FBT Gibbons, he chairs the Business Department and previously led the Commercial Real Estate Lending and Servicing practice group. He has also served on the firm’s Executive Committee and worked on issues involving structured real estate lending.

Barry is a past president of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a former chair of its Capital Markets and Real Estate Finance Committee. He writes and speaks on real estate finance topics and has appeared in Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, and Lawdragon rankings. His professional leadership complements extensive representation of lending institutions. Barry A. Hines brings industry experience to the negotiation and management of commercial real estate financing matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, FBT Gibbons LLP
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association
• Past President and Former Member of the Board of Governors, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) (2024)
• Member, Mortgage Bankers Association of America

Licensed State

• New York
• Kentucky
• Tennessee

Education

• University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• University of Kentucky
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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