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 Private Equity & Venture Capital, M&A and Transactions Practices and the Technology, Health Care, and Energy Industry Teams. Louis focuses his practice on advising entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors and financial advisors at all stages of growth, from the garage to global. Louis especially enjoys being able to help his clients achieve hyper-growth, go public and to successfully obtain optimal liquidity events. Prior to joining Foley, Louis was the founder of a Silicon Valley boutique law firm called L2 Counsel.

Education:

Boston College Law School (J.D., 2000)
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., 1994)
Major: International Law
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg (C.E.P., 1993)
Major: International Relations

Louis Lehot is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn.