Alan’s prolific output of practical guidance and tools for legal and financial professionals, managers, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace. He has authored or edited over 600 published books, chapters and research and background papers on management, entrepreneurship, business law and transactions, sustainability, impact investment, business and human rights and corporate social responsibility, civil and human rights of older persons, and international business for numerous publishers including Thomson Reuters, Practical Law, Kluwer, Aspatore, Oxford, Routledge, Palgrave, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Sweet & Maxwell, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing, CCH, and BNA. His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is an online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which covers the entire lifecycle of a business.Alan also has a widely recognized reputation as a trusted business counselor based on his four decades of experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms. He has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including serving 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. Alan currently works with Harvey Esquire in Los Angeles as Venture Counselor providing support to sustainable entrepreneurs and emerging impact investors.Alan is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities teaching classes on a diverse range of topics including corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development. He has also published extensively on sustainable impact entrepreneurship and promoting the civil and human rights of older persons and persons with disabilities. 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, and he is also a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (CPG). Further information on Alan and his work is available at https://alangutterman.substack.com/.