Managing Partner

Mr. Buehler joined EIF as one of the original employees in 1989. He manages the San Francisco area office and is responsible for fundraising, investor and public relations, corporate marketing and the human resources and legal teams. Together with the other two Managing Partners, Terence L. Darby and Herbert Magid, Mr. Buehler is responsible for the overall investment, asset management, strategic planning and operations of the Management Company and the funds it manages. He serves on the boards of all the funds under the Management Company’s management and their respective management companies. He also sits on the board of directors of the Management Company (the “Board of Directors”), the executive committee, comprised of the Managing Partners and Partners of the Management Company and established by the Board of Directors to oversee the conduct of various of the Management Company’s activities (the “Executive Committee”), and the Investment Committee. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Buehler was the Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel of EIF. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Buehler was Associate Counsel in the Investment Law Division of John Hancock. From 1979 to 1982 he practiced with the Boston law firm of Bingham Dana LLP (now known as Bingham McCutchen LLP). As an investment securities lawyer, he has over 26 years of transactional experience in financings involving the independent power and utility sectors and in venture capital, private equity, and investment advisor fund management. Mr. Buehler has served as a member on a variety of corporate boards, independent power industry boards, and task forces. Mr. Buehler attended graduate law school at Georgetown University Law Center, received a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and an A.B. from Boston College.


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