Pete Williams JD

Pete Williams JD General Information

Biography

Mr. Pete Williams serves as Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Cota Capital. He served as a Board Member at Compliance.ai. He is responsible for overseeing the Firm's operations, finance, legal, and compliance matters. He also serves on the Firm's Investment Committee. Leveraging his operational, financial, and legal experience from serving as a public SaaS company CFO and as a Corporate Finance Partner at a preeminent law firm, he is involved in structuring and negotiating the Firm's private company investments as well as providing operating support to portfolio company executive teams. Prior to Cota, he served in a number of executive positions at Saba, including CFO, EVP of Corporate Development, and General Counsel. Previously, he was a Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, a leading international law firm. He has extensive experience representing entrepreneurs and technology companies as well as venture capital and investment banking firms on venture financings, public offerings, and M&A transactions. In addition to private and public financings and acquisitions, he specialized in intellectual property development, licensing, and distribution transactions. During his tenure at Morrison & Foerster LLP, he was recognized as one of the top 20 lawyers under 40 in the state of California. He has a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from Santa Clara University.