William L. Wortmann

Of Counsel

William L. Wortmann is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's Corporate Department and focuses his practice on public company equity and debt capital market transitions, including both public offerings and private placements. Bill has worked on more than 20 IPOs, several of which were among the largest in the country that year, and a number of transitions valued in excess of $1 billion. He also regularly advises clients and their boards of directors on SEC reporting and related securities law, corporate governance and regulatory issues. In addition, he has represented clients in merger and acquisition transactions, including going private and public/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, and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where he has 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. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the District of Columbia.

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Credentials

Education:
  • University of Minnesota - 2002 Juris Doctor
  • University of North Carolina - 1998 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • California Bar
  • District of Columbia Bar