Gutterman is a partner at the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices of The General Counsel, a provider of interim in-house general counsel and attorney recruitment services. He has more than two decades of experience with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions, strategic business alliances, technology transfers, and intellectual property. In addition, he has held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses.

Gutterman has served in a number of capacities within the Sections of Business Law, International Law and Practice, and Science and Technology of the American Bar Association, and he is currently the co-chair of the Asia/Pacific Committee of the ABA International Law Section and a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

He has published numerous books and articles on a diverse range of legal and business topics and has served as an adjunct professor and lecturer on corporate finance, venture capital, corporate law, Japanese business law, and law and economic development.