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Bill Hinman

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Partner at &vest · Advisor at a16z crypto (Andreessen Horowitz)

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

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About

Bill Hinman is an Advisory Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Senior Advisor to the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and a Senior Advisor to the &vest group. From May 2017 through December 2020, he directed the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and earlier worked as a corporate finance partner at Simpson Thacher, where he worked on the IPOs of companies including Alibaba, Facebook, Google, eBay, Square, Agilent, Seagate, and VMware. He holds a B.A. from Michigan State University (1977) and a J.D. from Cornell University Law School (1980), and is a member of the California and New York State Bar Associations.

Experience

  1. Andreessen HorowitzAdvisory Partnercurrent2021 — present
  2. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSenior Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  3. &vestSenior Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  4. Securities and Exchange Commision of the United StatesDirector2017 — 2021Washington D.C. Metro Area
  5. Simpson ThacherPartner2000 — 2017Palo Alto, California
  6. Shearman &SterlingPartner1988 — 2000

Skills & more

Corporate Law21Mergers & Acquisitions19IPO10Corporate Governance11Corporate Finance21Private Equity6Securities11Venture Capital3Intellectual Property2Hedge Funds1Due Diligence5Capital Markets8
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Who is Bill Hinman?
Bill Hinman is an Advisory Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Senior Advisor to the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and a Senior Advisor to the &vest group. From May 2017 through December 2020, he directed the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and earlier worked as a corporate finance partner at Simpson Thacher, where he worked on the IPOs of companies including Alibaba, Facebook, Google, eBay, Square, Agilent, Seagate, and VMware. He holds a B.A. from Michigan State University (1977) and a J.D. from Cornell University Law School (1980), and is a member of the California and New York State Bar Associations.
Where does Bill Hinman work?
Bill Hinman is Partner at &vest.

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