M. Binford Williams, Jr. Attorney - Jackson, MS -

M. Binford (Ben) Williams, Jr., has over 30 years’ revel in in massive, complicated industrial transactions. Ben's exercise is rapid-paced and, on a everyday foundation, consists of nuanced structures, innovative financing options with lender and borrower clients alike, and acquisitions and mergers of businesses . His paintings includes great illustration of creditors in business loans (C&I, actual estate, bonds, hobby fee swaps), builders within the development, construction, and operations of complicated actual property projects (condo complexes, manufacturing facilities, buying facilities), and businesses in acquisition of subsidiaries and properties. He serves as outdoor popular suggest for several businesses in diverse industries.

Ben is indexed in The Best Lawyers In America and in Chambers USA-America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He has been decided on as a Lawyer of the Year in multiple regions, which includes Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Project Finance, and Commercial Finance Law.

Ben has practiced at Watkins & Eager considering graduating from law college in 1986. He currently a member of the firm's Executive Committee and a co-exercise chief of the Commercial Lending and Finance Practice Group. Along with Molly Jeffcoat Moody, Ben is a co-author of Commercial Finance 701, a continuing collection on commercial loans written solely for the Mississippi Business Journal. The series is geared to lenders, builders, traders and transactional lawyers. Ben served because the organization's Managing Member from 2003-15.

Honors & Recognitions

•Leader in Finance (Mississippi, 2017)
• Peer Review Popular by way of
•Chambers USA-America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-17, Real Estate)
•Mid-South Super Lawyers (2006, 2011-13, 2017-18 Banking)
•Mississippi Young Lawyers, fellow
•Mississippi Outstanding Young Lawyer (1995)
•The Best Lawyers in America (2007-19, Commercial Finance Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Corporate Law; Derivatives and Futures Law; Economic Development Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law)
•The Best Lawyers in America, Jackson, Mississippi, Lawyer of the Year (2017, Mergers & Acquisitions; 2016 & 2018, Project Finance Law; 2014, Commercial Finance Law)
•James O. Eastland Scholarship in Law (1983-86)
•University of Mississippi Graduate Fellowship (1982-83)
•Phi Kappa Phi
•Omicron Delta Kappa
•Wall Street Journal Award
•Taylor CitationTaylor Medal

News

•Molly Moody and Ben Williams post article on HVCRE
The Mississippi Business Journal, 06.14.2018
•Molly Moody and Ben Williams post article on federal bank regulators.
Mississippi Business Journal, 05.31.2018
•Molly Moody and Ben Williams post article on LIBOR Update
Mississippi Business Journal, 04.27.2018

Articles & Publications

•PowerScoring Trump's judicial appointments inside the first 18 months [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 08.31.2018

•The one U.S. Supreme Court opinion to examine in 2018 [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 08.02.2018

•Real Estate Loans - HVCRE Revisited [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 06.14.2018

•The New Federal Banking Sheriffs [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 05.31.2018

•A LIBOR Update: Here comes SOFR! [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.27.2018

•Dissecting the December 2017 U.S. Supreme Court Travel Ban Order [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 01.12.2018

•The U.S. Supreme Court Mississippi flag order that wasn’t [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 09.19.2017

•The Passing of LIBOR [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 08.11.2017

•The one U.S. Supreme Court opinion to examine in 2017 [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 07.05.2017

•A cocktail party guide to Constitutional Law [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 06.08.2017

•The powerless power of attorney [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 05.26.2017

•Gorsuch: The one Protestant [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.28.2017

•The outlook in Mississippi for 2017 [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 01.05.2017

•Khayat’s longest subject intention [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 11.03.2016

•Zoning - accept as true with, but verify, authenticate & insure [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 10.07.2016

•The one U.S. Supreme Court opinion to study in 2016 [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 07.08.2016

•Payment and overall performance bonds in production initiatives [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 06.09.2016

•Practical issues with multi-tiered entity systems [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.14.2016

•The UCC, secured transactions & non-public assets liens [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 02.25.2016

•Justice Scalia’s ultimate prevent in Mississippi [Author: Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 02.19.2016

•CRE Loans, credit underwriting & the Feds in 2016 [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 01.07.2016

•Real Property Taxes - Ad Valorem and More [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 12.04.2015

•Syndications: a remarkable-sized credit facility with multiple lenders [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 10.30.2015

•Doing Business with the Government [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 10.02.2015

•Construction Contracts and Risk Mitigation [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 09.11.2015

•Appraisals, Cap Rates & Loan Dollars [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 08.14.2015

•Participations: One Loan and Multiple Banks [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 07.09.2015

•Land Surveys: More Than Just a Sketch [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 06.25.2015

•Loan Guaranties: Skin within the Game [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 06.11.2015

•Tax Credits: Key Programs and Select Acronyms [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 05.29.2015

•Basel III, High Volatility & Realty Loans [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 05.14.2015

•Permanent Loans & Other Oxymora [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.30.2015

•Loans Disguised as Government Bonds (BOANS) [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.sixteen.2015

•Negotiating Commercial Loans - Is There an App for That? [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 04.04.2015

•Interest Rate Swaps: Don't Play with Matches [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 03.20.2015

•Title Certificates, Reports, Commitments & Policies: The Difference may be your Job! [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 03.06.2015

•Never Trust a Trust [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 02.19.2015

•Term Sheets & Commitment Letters [Authors: Molly Moody and Ben Williams]

Mississippi Business Journal, 02.05.2015

Letters of Credit, Chapter 47, The Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law (2017)