Alan S. Gutterman Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Alan is actively engaged in the development and distribution of a best-selling portfolio of business and legal information and counseling for attorneys, other professionals and executives in the form of books from various commercial publishers, online content available on Westlaw, webinars, videos, podcasts, newsletters and training programs. Since the early 1990s he has written and published a significant library of practical guidance and tools for legal and financial professionals, managers, entrepreneurs and investors, making him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace. 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 includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business. For more information, visit https://alangutterman.substack.com/s/business-law-and-transactions.

Alan has written extensively on management including leadership, management practices, strategic planning, governance, finance, technology management and intellectual property, human resources, organizational culture, fair operating practices, joint ventures and strategic alliances, international business, and mergers and acquisitions. For more information, visit https://alangutterman.substack.com/s/management.

Alan has published extensively on sustainability, business and human rights and responsible business with commercial publishers and through his own imprints: Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project and SIE Project. For more information, visit https://alangutterman.substack.com/s/sustainability.

Alan has been actively engaged through research and publishing in advancing awareness of the challenges and opportunities associated with increased longevity; combatting and eliminating prejudice against older persons and persons with disabilities; defending the human and civil rights of older persons and persons with disabilities, with particular attention to the rights of members of vulnerable subgroups; and promoting and advancing the interests of older persons and persons with disabilities in society as a whole. Alan has been recognized as a Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (CPG) by the National Association of Professional Gerontologists and has been involved in various service activities with the American Society on Aging. Older Persons' Rights Project is the imprint for Alan's books relating to ageism and the human and civil rights of older persons. For more information, visit https://alangutterman.substack.com/s/gerontology.

Alan has published extensively on the nexus of entrepreneurship, impact and sustainability with a particular focus on individuals and companies, both startups and mature firms, seeking to create and build sustainable businesses based on purpose, innovation, shared value and respect for people and planet. Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project and SIE Project are the imprints for many of Alan's books relating to entrepreneurship generally and sustainable impact entrepreneurship in particular. For more information, visit https://alangutterman.substack.com/s/impact-entrepreneurship.

Los Angeles, California

Alan joined the firm in 2020 as Venture Counsel, bringing to bear his experience gained while working on hundreds of transactions including venture capital financings, joint ventures and strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions. Alan was one of a handful of lawyers involved in the initial wave of venture capital firms launched in the early 1980s, many of which went on to become household names in the industry, and at Harvey Esquire he is continuing his work with fund managers, family offices, and wealthy individuals interested in expanding their footprint in the venture capital ecosystem.

Over the span of four decades, Alan held senior legal and management positions with several technology-based businesses including serving as:--General counsel and chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley with over $1 billion in annual revenues--General counsel and chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company--Outside general counsel of a consumer products business with responsibility for successfully completing the registration of the company's securities for public trading--Outside general counsel to a e-mobility software provider acquired by a major operator of an expansive network of charging stations in 2018 --Outside general counsel to a leading indoor mapping and location platform acquired by a public company in 2019In addition, Alan was affiliated as a partner and senior with several internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions, strategic business alliances, technology transfers and intellectual property.

Among the pioneers of venture capital law representing entrepreneurs and fund managers and participating in the development of the tools that have become the foundation of today's startup and fund formation practices

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Law

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Doctor Of Business Administration (Dba), International Business

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History