Nick-Anthony Buford

Fast-paced, seasoned general counsel and transactional attorney with extensive experience in venture capital, growth equity, capital markets, and complex financing transactions

2012 – Present 
ClearSky – General Counsel             
West Palm Beach, FL

• General counsel of an investment fund manager actively investing in the power, technology and security sectors
• Primary responsibility for all legal matters, processes and documentation, including equity investment transactions, lending transactions, investment fund offering documents, investment fund organizational documents, regulatory compliance matters, securities law reporting obligations, governance matters and disclosure matters
• Principal provider of legal advice to the funds' partners and investment professionals

2007 – 2012 
NextEra Energy – Senior Attorney            
Juno Beach, FL

• Senior transactional attorney for a leading renewable energy company
• Project financing; tax equity financing; project development; venture capital investments
• Also provided principal legal support for corporate development, communications and aviation departments

2006 – 2007 
Herbert Smith Freehills – Attorney    
Singapore

• Debt and equity capital market transactions; initial public offerings; cross-border transactions

2004 – 2006 
Hogan Lovells – Attorney     
Miami, FL

• Debt and equity capital market transactions; mergers & acquisitions; cross-border transactions

2001 – 2004 
Linklaters – Attorney              
London & Singapore
• Debt and equity capital market transactions; initial public offerings; public company compliance; privatizations; cross-border transactions
 

1996 – 1997 
California State Senate – Legislative Assistant / State Senate Fellow     
Sacramento, CA
• Legislative Assistant to a member of California State Senate leadership
• Reviewed and analyzed legislation pending before the State Senate Judiciary Committee
 

B.A., 1996
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

• Bachelor’s Degree in Government, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
• Harvard International Review; Harvard Political Review; Harvard Undergraduate Council

J.D., 2001 
University of California at Berkeley, School of Law
Berkeley, CA

• Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain)
• Exchange Student to Interamerican University School of Law (San Juan, Puerto Rico)