Benjamin Manahan

Benjamin G. Manahan

Associate

Ben Manahan is a driven and practical professional who assists clients in virtually all stages of commercial real estate transactions and corporate governance matters. 

Ben has experience drafting closing checklists and monitoring key dates for real estate transactions, drafting lease agreements, and researching and drafting memos on various real estate issues.

In addition, Ben has drafted formation documents for entities and has experience in reviewing M&A due diligence. He has also assisted in matters regarding the Corporate Transparency Act and its implications for various corporate clients.

Prior to joining the firm full-time, Ben worked as a summer associate and law clerk at Barnes & Thornburg where he assisted clients with a variety of corporate and real estate matters. He also gained experience as a judicial extern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Kellie M. Barr of the U.S. District for the Southern District of Indiana.

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I am very grateful for my experience as a 2L summer associate at Barnes & Thornburg. As an aspiring transactional attorney, I was thrilled to immediately receive work and gain experience in real estate and corporate deals with attorneys who had an open-door policy for all of my questions. Just as important, I developed meaningful relationships during my summer experience with my fellow summer associates, attorneys across multiple practice groups, and business professionals. As I begin my career in a practice I enjoy and with connections across the firm, I can proudly say that returning to Barnes & Thornburg after my summer associate experience was one of the easiest decisions I’ve made in my life.
Credentials

Education

  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., 2024, magna cum laude, executive articles editor of the Indiana Law Review
  • Wabash College, B.A., rhetoric, 2021

Bar Admissions

  • Indiana
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