Nick Guttilla
Fund Partner at Gunderson Dettmer, LLP
- Role
- Fund Partner at Gunderson Dettmer
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nick Guttilla
Nick represents private fund firms in all aspects of fund formation, structuring…
Experience
Fund Partner
Dec 2005 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Nick represents private fund firms in all aspects of fund formation, structuring, operations and governance. He specializes in advising sponsors of technology-focused funds in the U.S. and internationally. As fund counsel, Nick leads all parts of the fundraising legal process, including managing negotiations with prospective investors and efficiently executing fund closings, while offering objective, practical, focused business and legal insights and market intelligence. He takes a proactive results-oriented approach and has helped his clients raise hundreds of funds, ranging from top-tier industry leaders to first-time managers.Nick exclusively represents fund sponsors. This singular focus and commitment allows him to give unbiased advice. The depth and breadth of his experience and market knowledge enables him to provide valuable business and strategic advice, while balancing the competing interests of fund sponsors and their investors. Leveraging his finance and tax background, Nick brings a comprehensive perspective, providing tailored solutions to meet his fund clients’ needs. He maintains a wide-ranging expertise in the various legal matters impacting investment firms and their funds, including securities laws, tax laws and other rules and regulations. Nick regularly provides sophisticated guidance on:• Fund formation and negotiating fund agreements,• Formulating fundraising strategy and preparing fund marketing materials,• Streamlining organizational, operational and management structures,• Governance matters and the establishment and maintenance of policies and procedures,• Drafting fund, general partner and management company governing agreements, and• Hiring investment professionals and employees, separations, compensation and carried interest sharing and structuring.As a father of three daughters, Nick is particularly interested in promoting and empowering women in the venture capital field and has guided many women-founded firms.
Education
Boston College
BS, Finance and Philosophy
1988 — 1992
Boston University School of Law
LL.M
1999 — 2001
Suffolk University Law School
JD, Law
1994 — 1997
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