Balch & Bingham Welcomes Benton Hughes to Expand Real Estate and Banking and Financial Services Practices

Balch & Bingham is pleased to welcome Benton Hughes as he joins the firm’s Birmingham office as an attorney in the Real Estate, Banking and Financial Services Practices. He focuses his practice on representing clients across the commercial real estate sector in all stages of a transaction.

“We are thrilled to welcome Benton to Balch,” said John Pickering, Chair of the Real Estate Practice. “His experience representing developers, property managers and lenders will make him an asset to our team.”        

Benton represents clients including owners and developers of and lenders on multifamily apartments, residential subdivision developments, retail shopping centers and office buildings. He has experience at all stages in a transaction and assists clients with the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases, review of due diligence materials, title examination, financing and development. Benton's practice also includes representing lenders in connection with commercial real estate lending and loan workouts.

Benton earned his J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar and serves on the Young Lawyers Executive Committee.

Developers, owners, investors and lenders rely on Balch’s industry leading Real Estate Practice for guidance on a broad range of real estate-related matters including acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, land use regulation, finance, and title insurance. Balch’s Real Estate Practice was ranked in the Chambers USA 2022 guide, recognizing the firm as a leader within the industry.  Balch supports and protects clients through every stage of development, from raw land acquisition, through entity selection and formation, tax considerations, use of incentives and tax credit programs, land use and zoning matters, environmental issues, development, construction, and financing, all the way through to the operation or sale of a completed project that enhances a community.