Before co-founding Watch Hill Partners in 2003, Bill Detwiler was a corporate attorney with the law firm of Herrick, Feinstein LLP specializing in M&A, corporate finance and securities transactions for clients in a broad range of industries. Mr. Detwiler also advised private equity and venture capital firms on fund formation and their related investment transactions. Earlier in his legal career, he served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Malcolm Muir. Prior to law school, Mr. Detwiler was a corporate finance analyst with Barclays Bank, where he focused primarily on leveraged buyout financings. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Detwiler was accepted into a Price Waterhouse program in which he earned a Masters degree in Accounting from the University of Hartford while working full-time in the auditing and consulting departments of Price Waterhouse. While at Price Waterhouse, he focused primarily on financial institutions and insurance companies.

Mr. Detwiler received his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Villanova Law Review. He also received a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Hartford and a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity College. Mr. Detwiler formerly served as a member of the Board of Trustees of South Kent School, and as a former board member, Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Americans for Libraries Council. Currently he serves on alumnus committees for Trinity College and Villanova Law School.