Bar Admissions

North Carolina

Education

Duke University, J.D., 1997

Davidson College, B.A., cum laude and with honors, 1994, Phi Beta Kappa; Ken Kelley Scholar

Profile

Jeffrey Hart joined Robinson Bradshaw in 1997 and opened the firm’s Research Triangle office in 2008. His primary areas of practice include private equity financings and investments, private fund formation and joint ventures. In addition, he chairs the firm’s Institutional Investors Practice Group.

Jeffrey regularly designs complex equity finance structures, governance and operational systems, and buy-sell mechanisms for investment sponsors, portfolio companies, joint venture parties and other clients needing highly customized business solutions. Jeffrey works extensively in the formation of private funds, including venture capital funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, and funds of funds. He assists corporate venture capital programs, private funds, independent sponsors, endowments, and other financial and strategic investors with their investment transactions.

From 2019 to 2023, Jeffrey served as chief legal officer and general counsel to Modern Energy Group, a diversified holding company and investment firm with foreign and domestic portfolio companies in clean energy industries.

In 2023, Jeffrey rejoined Robinson Bradshaw as a shareholder in the Research Triangle office.

Honors & Awards

  • Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, business, 2015; corporate, 2022
  • North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Leader in the Law, 2015
  • The Best Lawyers in America, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate, private funds/hedge funds, securities/capital markets, venture capital, 2010-20
  • Lexology Client Choice award in 2016 for mergers and acquisitions
  • Triangle Business Journal, Triangle’s Forty Under 40, 2010
  • Charlotte Business Journal, Charlotte’s Forty Under 40, 2005
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Experience

Experience

  • Represents multiple funds of funds, university endowment funds and state government agencies in connection with their portfolio investments in private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and hedge funds.

  • Represents numerous companies in the energy, defense, insurance and health care industries in connection with their strategic venture capital investments in early-stage companies.

  • Represents numerous fund sponsors in connection with the formation of private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds and making portfolio investments.

  • Represents numerous independent sponsors in connection with capital raises to make specific portfolio investments.

  • Represents numerous early-stage companies, primarily in the energy, software, technology and medical device industries, in capital raises, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions (both buy-side and sell-side).

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Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Business Section Council, Ethic Committee, Former Chair
  • North Carolina Bar Association, LLC and Unincorporated Entities Committee, Former Vice Chair
  • American Bar Association, LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities Committee, Member; Institutional Investors Committee, Member
  • Council of Institutional Investors

Community Affiliations

  • Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation, Former Board Member
  • North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation, Former Board Member
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Former "Launching the Venture" Business Coach
  • Chapel Hill Historic District Commission, Former Commissioner
  • University Presbyterian Church, Elder; Former Administration Committee Chair; Former Capital Campaign Spokesperson; Former Confirmation Instructor
  • Leadership Charlotte, Class 26
  • Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Leadership School, Class of 2003
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