Balch & Bingham LLP

Banking & Financial Services

Partner

Debra Lewis possesses an unyielding commitment to protecting her clients’ interests and helping them prosper. She serves as counsel to various corporations including, national, regional, and community banks, indenture trustees, real estate developers, and owners. She is recognized for her sophisticated approach and dedicated awareness of emerging trends that impact her clients’ industries. Debra’s experience includes a wide array of state and federal regulatory matters, and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate lending and development, bank facilities transactions, and public and municipal finance issues. She possesses a deep understanding of how institutions should perform risk assessments and negotiate contracts with third party vendors including payment processors. She enjoys collaborating with her clients, many of whom are thought-leaders in their industry.

American Bar Association: Business Law Section; Banking Law Committee, program chair; Consumer Financial Services Committee; Trust Indentures & Indenture Trustees Committee

National Association of Bond Lawyers: Municipal Finance Committee, co-chair; Municipal Law Committee, vice chair; Corporate Trust Indenture Committee, chair

Alabama Bankers Association

Alabama State Bar Association: Reciprocity Issues Task Force

Birmingham Bar Association: Leadership Task Force; Mentoring Task Force; Scholarship Committee, chair of Communications Committee

Law 360 Corporate Finance Editorial Advisory Board

Balch & Bingham: Partnership Committee, chair; Workplace Flexibility Committee, chair;  Compensation, Premises, Recruiting and Associates Committees, current member of the Executive Committee and firm’s Retention and Engagement Officer

Cumberland School of Law, J.D.

The University of Alabama, B.S., Commerce and Business Administration