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Paul B. Benham III has developed a rich and deep practice over the course of his career. After having clerked for The Honorable Carleton Harris, Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, he undertook a corporate finance practice, eventually including securities and mergers and acquisitions work. He is listed in Chambers and Partners USA for Corporate and Commercial work, and is particularly regarded for his handling of financial matters for banks and secured lenders. The Best Lawyers in America lists Paul for a number of areas: Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; and Securities. Chambers is known for the rigor of its research, and about Paul, they wrote, "Paul Benham is a major presence at the firm and he handles finance matters for a number of banks and secured lenders." His finance practice has involved initial, primary and secondary public offerings of equity and debt securities and of hybrid securities such as junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures, collateralized pollution control revenue bonds, subordinated trust preferred securities, and leveraged and synthetic leases. He has also represented both lenders and borrowers in sophisticated, non-traditional, project financings. He represented the Arkansas State Highway Commission in the Arkansas GARVEE Bond Program, a unique combination of federal and state funds more than $650 million for interstate highway repair and resurfacing. Arkansas-based Fortune 500 companies as well as the Arkansas banking industry call on Paul for government regulatory counsel, guidance and representation. In these matters, he has advised companies such as Dillard's, Entergy Arkansas, Regions Bank, and Union Pacific Railroad Company.