Jeff Barbin practices in the areas of commercial and industrial real estate and finance. He has extensive experience in corporate, transactional and regulatory matters related to casino gaming. He counsels developers and operators on acquisitions, site development, financing and disposition. He has focused on gaming transactions requiring local gaming regulatory approvals and other complex transactional and regulatory matters, often working closely with the firm’s gaming lawyers in Mississippi to achieve efficiencies for the client in both jurisdictions. In this context, Jeff has represented casino operators, management, investors, lenders, manufacturers and other vendors in their Louisiana gaming regulatory matters.
Jeff’s practice also involves working on the development of Louisiana banking forms, business entity formation, stock sales and entity mergers, alcohol licensing and other general business matters. He is also counsel to several municipal bodies in Louisiana. He currently serves as the Practice Coordinator for the Baton Rouge Business Group and on the Board of Trustees for the International Association of Gaming Advisors.
Jeff serves on the firm's Diversity and Inclusion and Ethics committees.
Experience
- National coordinating counsel on regulatory issues for GTECH in acquisition of IGT.
- Outside counsel to IGT Compliance team.
- National Real Estate counsel to large privately owned storage facility operator.
- Co-counsel to Eldorado Resorts in $800 million refinance.
- Lead counsel to Italian Parent Companies of Atronic/Spielo/GTECH, coordinating U.S. regulatory advice.