Mr. Waterman is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Technology Transactions Groups. He specializes in venture capital financings (and other private equity and debt offerings), mergers and acquisitions, and software/technology licensing.

Experience

• Prior to joining CCG, Mr. Waterman founded and managed General Counsel Partners, a boutique law firm focused exclusively on corporate and technology transactions.
• Before founding General Counsel Partners, Mr. Waterman was an associate and Of Counsel in the business and technology practice group of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP and an associate in the litigation practice group of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP.
• Mr. Waterman has also served as the General Counsel, on either a full-time or part-time basis, of a number of emerging growth companies in Southern California, including Alteer Corporation (an electronic health records software company), Octave Software, Inc. (a content management software company), ThinkTank Holdings LLC (an incubator and venture capital fund), and InTouch Communications, Inc. (a telecommunications company).
• Before his career in private practice, Mr. Waterman served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education & Honors

• University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D., 1991
• Arizona State University, B.A. in English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction, summa cum laude, 1987

Associations

• State Bar of California
• Orange County Venture Group
• Tech Coast Angels, Orange County Chapter
• Forum for Corporate Directors
• Orange County Bar Association