ALAN S GUTTERMAN 6211 View Crest Drive, Oakland CA 94619 Phone/Facsimile: (510) 684-4421/(510) 479-1904 E-Mail: agutterman@alangutterman.com Website: www.alangutterman.com BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Activities Founder and Executive Director, Global Center for Growth-Oriented Sustainable Entrepreneurship The Center engages in and promotes research, education and training activities relating to entrepreneurial ventures launched with the intent to achieve significant growth in scale and value creation through the development of innovative products or services which form the basis for a successful international business (see www.growthentrepreneurship.org) Founder and Executive Director, Business Counselor Institute The BCI oversees the distribution of Mr Gutterman’s widely-recognized portfolio of legal and business information for attorneys, other professionals and executives in the form of books, online content available on Westlaw Next, webinars, videos, podcasts, newsletters and training programs (see attached list and further information at www.businesscounselorinstitute.org) Selected Past Activities General Counsel, ASI Computer Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA Management responsibility for legal affairs of leading global IT wholesaler Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Enluminent, Fremont and Venice, CA Senior management responsibility for business affairs of broadband media company Of Counsel, Pettit & Martin, San Francisco, CA Practice emphasized general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, and strategic business alliances Partner, Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum, San Francisco, CA Represented private and public technology companies and venture capital investment entities, including venture capital fund formation, general corporate and securities matters, strategic business alliances, and mergers and acquisitions EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley A.B., History; M.B.A., Finance; and J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, England Ph.D, International Comparative Law (Overseas Research Student Award) Golden Gate University, San Francisco D.B.A., Management (Cumulative G.P.A 4.00) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice, Co-Chair or Vice Chair of Asia-Pacific Law, Europe Law, International Investment & Development, International Private Equity and International Transactions Committees; Co-Chair of Subcommittee on Law and Regulation in Developing Countries; Vice Chair of Section Books Board; Vice-Chair of International Corporate Counsel Forum and Member of Section Publications Board Section of Business Law, Chair, Subcommittee on International Intellectual Property, International Business Law Committee; Co-Chair, ABA National Institute, “Counseling Emerging Companies in Going International: Strategies for Changing Times”; and Corporate Governance Committee, Director to Section Educational Programming Committee Section of Science and Technology, Co-Chair, Task Force on Technology, Competitiveness and Government State Bar of California International Law Section, Member, Executive Committee; Editor, California International Law Section Newsletter Business Law Section, Member, Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Corporate Law Departments Committee; Co-Chair, Programs & Publications Committee; Member, Partnerships Committee Legal and Management Education Adjunct Faculty, Boalt Hall School of Law (Japanese Law and Society, Law and Development in Asia); Golden Gate University (Mergers and Acquisitions); Hastings College of Law (Corporations); Santa Clara University School of Law (Corporations, Venture Capital); and University of San Francisco School of Law (Law and Development in Asia) Faculty Member, Beyond the Bar Training Programs for New Associates, West Professional Development Miscellaneous (Partial List) ESRC Centre for Business Research (Cambridge UK), Research Associate Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship (Glasgow), Visiting Fellow Institute for Corporate Counsel, University of Southern California, Advisor Haas School of Business Administration, Executive Program Golden Gate University, Member, Alumni Board of Directors Entrepreneurs’ Law Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law, Mentor Admitted to Practice in the State of California, Northern District of California, United States Court of International Trade, and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION SERVICES Business Management and Transactions: Business Counselor Blog (www.businesscounselorblog.com) Business Counselor Update Business Counselor’s Guide to Organizational Management (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Business Counselor’s Law and Compliance Practice Manual (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Business Counselor’s Mini-MBA Program (Forthcoming/Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Business Financing: A Guide for Managers and Entrepreneurs (Quorum Books) Business Transactions Powerlink and Solution (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw Next) Buying a Business (Co-Author) (Aspatore) California Transactions Forms: Business Entities and Transactions (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Strategic Alliances (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Corporate Partnering and Strategic Alliances: A Legal and Business Guide for Managers and Entrepreneurs (Quorum Books) Domestic Joint Ventures (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Emerging Companies Blog (www.emergingcompaniesblog.com) Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs 2nd Ed (Co-Editor) (ABA Section of Business Law) Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship Guide Series (Forthcoming/GOEP) Handbook of Law Firm Management 2nd Ed (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Initial Public Offerings (Corporate Practice Series, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.) Inside the Minds: Understanding Legal Needs of Technology Companies (Co-Author) (Aspatore) Legal Compliance Checkups: Business Clients (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Limited Liability Company Deskbook (Co-Author) (Aspen) Professional’s Guide to Doing Business on the Internet (Co-Author) (Aspen) Start-Up Financing for Growing Companies (Co-Author) (Aspen) West Forms/Pro Docs Business Transactions Solution (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) International Business: Advising New Businesses (Sweet & Maxwell UK) Commercial Laws of East Asia (Co-Editor) (Sweet & Maxwell) Comparative Management Studies (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Counseling Emerging Companies in Going International (Principal Editor and Contributor) (ABA Section of International Law and Practice) Going Global: A Guide to Building an International Business (Co-Author) (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Importing Under the US Customs Laws (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Innovation and Competition Policy (Kluwer Law International) International Boycotts (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) International Business Plans (Co-Author) (World Trade Press) International Intellectual Property (Co-Author) (Kluwer Law International) International Joint Ventures (Euromoney Law Publishers) International Joint Ventures (World Trade Press) Law and Economic Development in Asia (Co-Author) (Kluwer Law International) Legal Aspects of International Sourcing (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Managing in Emerging and Developing Countries (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Managing Your E-Business Hong Kong (Co-Author) (CCH Asia Limited) Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property in East Asia (Co-Editor) (Sweet & Maxwell) Transnational Joint Ventures (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Technology: Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Technology Management and Transactions (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw) Protection and Exploitation of Trade Secrets (Co-Author) (BNA Books) Technology Development and Transfer Report (Editor, Civic Research, Inc.) Technology-Driven Corporate Alliances: A Legal Guide for Executives (Quorum Books) Technology Development and Transfer: The Transactional and Legal Environment (Co-Author) (Quorum Books) ALAN S GUTTERMAN ALAN S GUTTERMAN is the developer and author of a widely-recognized portfolio of timely and practical legal and business information for attorneys, other professionals and executives which is distributed through the Business Counselor Institute in the form of books, online content, webinars, videos, podcasts, newsletters and training programs His work includes numerous books and articles on a diverse range of legal and business topics, including the popular Thomson Reuters/Westlaw publications Business Transactions Solution (available on Westlaw Next and as West Forms-ProDoc Business Transactions Solution Library); California Transactions Forms; Going Global: A Guide to Building an International Business; Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Strategic Alliances; Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Technology Management and Transactions; Business Counselor’s Guides to Organizational Management, Comparative Management Studies and Management in Emerging and Developing Countries; Handbook of Law Firm Management (2d Ed); Legal Compliance Checkups: Business Clients and Business Counselor’s Law and Compliance Practice Manual He is the founder and director of the Business Counselor Institute (www.businesscounselorinstitute.org), writes and publishes the Business Counselor Blog (www.businesscounselorblog.com) and is a regular contributor to various blogs and other online publications distributed by Thomson Reuters/Westlaw and to other social media outlets Mr Gutterman has over three decades of experience as a partner and senior counsel with 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, and 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 Mr Gutterman has served in a number of capacities with various sections of the American Bar Association, including chair or vice-chair of the Asia-Pacific, Europe, International Investment and Development, International Commercial Transactions and Private Equity Committees of the Section of International Law and Deputy Chair of the Books Board of that Section He has also been a member of the Executive Committees of the Sections of Business Law and International Law of the State Bar of California Mr Gutterman has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Boalt Hall, Golden Gate University, Hastings College of Law, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching 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 is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Global Center for Growth-Oriented Sustainable Entrepreneurship (www.growthentrepreneurship.org), which engages in and promotes research, education and training activities relating to entrepreneurial ventures launched with the intent to achieve significant growth in scale and value creation through the development of innovative products or services which form the basis for a successful international business For more information about Alan Gutterman, his publications, the Business Counselor Institute or the Global Center for Growth-Oriented Sustainable Entrepreneurship, please visit www.alangutterman.com and/or contact him directly at agutterman@alangutterman.com Westlaw Next users may view and use all of his online publications on his Business Transactions Solution page on Westlaw Next