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
- Andreessen HorowitzAdvisory Partnercurrent2021 β present
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSenior Advisorcurrent2021 β present
- &vestSenior Advisorcurrent2021 β present
- Securities and Exchange Commision of the United StatesDirector2017 β 2021Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Simpson ThacherPartner2000 β 2017Palo Alto, California
- Shearman &SterlingPartner1988 β 2000
Skills & more
Corporate Law21Mergers & Acquisitions19IPO10Corporate Governance11Corporate Finance21Private Equity6Securities11Venture Capital3Intellectual Property2Hedge Funds1Due Diligence5Capital Markets8
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Colleagues at &vest
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Bill Hinman work?
- Bill Hinman is Partner at &vest.
Shared employers
Also worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP27
Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Erica SunFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCJohn DelfinoPartner, General Counsel at TCVRic FentonGeneral Partner at TCVJohn HadlPartner at Archer Capital GroupArman Naraghi-PourLending Counsel at Golub Growth
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Also worked at Shearman &Sterling26
Michelle LeePartner, Legal at Lux CapitalYuki ShiratoSenior Advisor at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Andrew FeinbergCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Argon VenturesLiying Iris WangHead of AI at Red Dot Capital PartnersPatrycja AjdukiewiczVice President, Small Business Capital and Services at JumpStart VenturesDaniella OrtizOperations Associate at BBG Ventures
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