C Douglas Buford Jr

Practice Areas

Doug Buford heads the firm’s securities and mergers and acquisition practice area. He focuses primarily on securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. His practice includes representation of public and private, local and national corporations in various industries, including transportation and logistics, and banking and bank holdings.

-Extensive experience providing legal advice to clients under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

-Works with directors of public companies on governance matters.

-Company and underwriters’ counsel to over 10 company IPOs.

-Counsel to a bank holding company in the acquisition of FDIC assisted bank transactions and market transactions growing the holding company to over $8 billion in assets.

-Represented two companies in three difference modified dutch auction tender offers.

-Represented a national logistics company in the issuance of over $800 million of debt offerings in the last two years.

Professional Memberships

-Arkansas Bar Association

-Fifty for the Future

-Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Arkansas Arts of Center

-Former Member, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Board of Trustees

-Beta Alpha Psi; Gamma Beta Phi (President)

-Recipient, E.L. Cullum Award

Education