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Louis Lehot

  • Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
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Louis Lehot is a partner within the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices of Foley & Lardner LLP. Louis specializes in advising his clients at all stages of company growth from garage to global. Louis Lehot offers business and legal advice for entrepreneurs, executive management teams, investors, financial sponsors and their advisors. He specializes in helping emerging private companies secure venture capital financing, prepare for an IPO or de-SPAC, and navigate an exit or liq…

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Winston Continues Investment in West Coast M&As With Addition of Corporate Chair | The Recorder

Winston Continues Investment in West Coast M&As With Addition of Corporate Chair | The Recorder

Former DLA Piper partner Khoa Do is tasked with bolstering Winston's offerings to strategic and private equit…

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Automation is poised to lead us out of the crisis, and empower people - here is how | Louis Lehot

Automation is poised to lead us out of the crisis, and empower people - here is how | Louis Lehot

As we prepare to enter the second half of 2020 and attempt to reopen the economy after its global prophylacti…

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Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

Many major companies absolutely must have large, big-name law firms offering them legal and business advice -…

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Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

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Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

Leader of New Boutique Blends BigLaw & Silicon Valley Experience to Serve Clients of All Sizes

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The Life of a Chief Executive Officer

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By Louis Lehot
| The National Law Review Verified
The board meeting ends at 4:40. Laptops are closed and directors mumble a few platitudes about the opportunity. The lead investor, who has eleven other companies, is already thinking about the next one. A few minutes later, the CEO is alone in the room again. I’ve watched this on replay at companies building everything from medical devices to industrial software to consumer brands nobody has heard of yet. Everyone gets to leave and participate in something else.
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Seoul Bets Big: What South Korea’s $518 Billion Semiconductor Gamble Means for Global Tech Companies

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By Louis Lehot
| The National Law Review Verified
The South Korean government has just placed one of the most consequential industrial bets we have seen in more than 25 years of advising technology companies.
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Beyond the Headlines: A Look at Q2 Venture Activity | JD Supra

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By Louis Lehot
| JD Supra
When it comes to venture capital (VC) activity this year, if you're just reading the headlines, you aren't getting the full story. We recently discussed a similar issue with the current state of merger & acquisition (M&A) activity specifically, and as CB Insights reports in their State of Venture Q2'26 report, the current snapshot of the overall venture industry is no different.
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News travels fast, but social media ensures that news travels at lightning-quick speeds. Thanks to services like Twitter and Facebook—and the ability to publish news online at any time of day—the old practice of submitting a story for the morning's newspaper is all but dead.