Corporate Partner - Louis Lehot
Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP
Helping businesses and ventures with compelling technologies reach their growth objectives with sound legal strategies and solutions.
Louis Lehot is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices, where he is a member of the M&A and Transactions Practices, Private Equity & Venture Capital, and the Technology, Health Care, and Energy Industry Teams. Louis is passionate about helping businesses and ventures with compelling technologies reach their growth objectives, and he specializes in assisting companies cross borders, where an appreciation of different cultures and regulations is essential.
Clients prize Louis for his blend of Wall Street expertise and Silicon Valley experience, as well has his ability to offer strategic counseling that is always practical, commercial, cost-effective and tailored to each client’s specific circumstances. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in French.
On a very short list of leading corporate lawyers in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Louis Lehot has handled some of the highest-profile matters in the tech, health care, and clean energy spaces. He is currently a partner in Foley and Larder LLP’s Private Equity & Venture Capital, M&A and Transactions Practices, as well as the Technology, Health Care, Life Sciences, and Energy Industry Teams. He guides entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors, and financial advisers at all stages of growth.Louis especially enjoys being able to help his clients achieve hyper-growth, go public and to successfully obtain optimal liquidity events.
To assist his clients in realizing their objectives, Louis Lehot brings to bear a broad array of legal and business instruments, processes and strategies, from formation to liquidity. Prior to joining Foley, Louis was the founder of L2 Counsel, a Silicon Valley boutique law firm.