David Duhé | Corporate | Energy | Balch & Bingham LLP

Education

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What types of clients do you represent?

I represent public and private clients involved with complex economic development projects and other commercial transactions.
What type of matters do you work on most often?

I most often work on commercial leasing and negotiating and drafting transactional documents associated with major projects and compliance with federal and state regulations related to those projects.
How are you involved in your community?

I serve as general counsel to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. I am also a commissioner on the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, the urban renewal agency of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi.
What do you find most exciting about your work?

Seeing the implementation of a project with which I have been involved and knowing that it will have a meaningful impact on the lives of people in my community.

Select Matters

Represented a public utility in negotiations for electric resiliency backup service for a major commercial airport. (2018-present)
Represented an electric generating company in a $334 million complex transaction related to acquisition of an electric generating facility. (2011)
Representation of a public economic development agency in connection with economic development projects with a cumulative value of public and private investment in excess of $1 billion. (2008-present)
Served as buyer's and closing counsel in connection with an economic development project involving the public purchase and leasing of a $32 million shipbuilding facility. (2015)
Represented a state agency purchaser in connection with the $31 million acquisition of electric gantry cranes for a commercial maritime port. (2014)
Represented the purchaser and served as closing counsel in a complex transaction involving the merger and acquisition of the real and personal assets of a $3+ million regional water utility. (2013)
Represented lessor in negotiations and development of a long-term commercial lease transaction with a Fortune 500 company. (2016)
Represented the seller in the negotiation and development of offtake agreements for the sale of chemical byproducts valued in excess of $1 billion. (2011-2012)
Represented a client in negotiations with state and county representatives to obtain in excess of $1 billion in tax incentives. (2015)

Education

Bar Admissions

Professional Affiliations

Phi Delta Phi, International Legal Fraternity, 2003 - 2005
National Black Law Students’ Association, 2002 - present
American Bar Association, 2005 - present
Mississippi Bar Association, Real Estate Section and Business Law Section, 2005 - present
Harrison County Bar Association, 2005 - present
Harrison County Young Lawyers’ Association, 2005 - present
Leadership Gulf Coast, Class of 2007
Leadership Gulf Coast, board of directors, 2007 - 2010

Awards & Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law
- Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, 2021
The Sun Herald and the Journal of South Mississippi Business, Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40, class of 2011
March of Dimes, Spotlight on Success recipient, 2012
Coast Young Professionals, Inaugural Board Member

Community Involvement

Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, Commissioner, 2016 - present
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, General Counsel, 2011 - present
Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Board of Trustees, 2020-2023
Biloxi Seafood Festival, Board of Directors, 2011 - present
Mississippi Bar Association, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 2011 - 2014