William L. Wortmann is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm's Capital Markets and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups and focuses on public company equity and debt capital market transactions, including both public offerings and private placements. He regularly advises clients and their boards of directors on SEC reporting and related securities law, corporate governance, and regulatory issues.
Bill has worked on over 20 IPOs, several of which were among the largest in the country that year, and valued in excess of $1 billion. In addition, he advises clients on securities law and disclosure matters in merger and acquisition transactions, including going private and public deals, as well as private equity and venture capital transactions. Bill also has an active pro bono practice, advising non-profit organizations on formation and corporate governance matters. Bill served as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where he taught Securities Regulation for eight years.
Bill earned a J.D. degree magna cum laude in 2002 from the University of Minnesota, School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor of the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Education:
- University of Minnesota - 2002 Juris Doctor
- University of North Carolina - 1998 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
- District of Columbia Bar