Alan S. Gutterman is the developer and author of a widely recognized portfolio of timely and practical legal and business information for attorneys, executives, and other professionals in the form of books, online content, webinars, videos, podcasts, newsletters and programs. Mr. Gutterman also provides legal and training services to businesses of all sizes around the world.

He is currently a partner of GCA Law Partners LLP in Mountain View, California and has extensive experience advising small and large business enterprises in the following areas:

General corporate and securities matters
Venture capital
Mergers and acquisitions
International law and transactions
Strategic business alliances
Technology transfers
Intellectual property

Mr. Gutterman has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley, and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company.

His current practice interests focus on sustainable entrepreneurship, social enterprises, impact investing, corporate social responsibility, and business and human rights.

He has served in a number of capacities with various sections of the American Bar Association and has also been a member of the executive committees of the Sections of Business Law and International Law of the State Bar of California. In addition, Mr. Gutterman has published numerous books and articles on a diverse range of legal and business topics, including the popular Thomson Reuters/Westlaw database Business Transactions Solutions available exclusively on Westlaw (type Business Transactions Solutions or BTS into Westlaws search field).

Business Transactions Solutions is a one-stop resource that serves as a complete transactional and compliance productivity tool for the entire life cycle of a business entity and is an absolute must-have for business attorneys working in small- and medium-sized law firms and corporate law departments.

In addition to Business Transactions Solutions, Mr. Gutterman is the author of the following Thomson Reuters publications:

California Transactions Forms: Business Entities
California Transactions Forms: Business Transactions
Corporate Counsels Guide to Strategic Alliances
Corporate Counsels Guide to Technology Management and Transactions
Handbook of Law Firm Management
Legal Compliance Checkups: Business Clients

Westlaw users may view and use all of his online publications on his Business Counselor page on Westlaw. He also has several CLE offerings on West Legal Education Center and has been a faculty member of the West Legal Education Centers Beyond the Bar training initiative for new business attorneys and seasoned attorneys transitioning to an expanded business law practice.

Mr. Gutterman has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Berkeley Law, Golden Gate University, Santa Clara University, and the University of San Francisco. He has taught classes on a diverse range of topics, including corporate finance, venture capital, corporate law, Japanese business law, and law and economic development.

He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge. He also founded the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project to teach and support individuals and companies, both startups and mature firms, seeking to create and build sustainable businesses based on purpose, inn

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