Louis Lehot

Louis Lehot’s corporate, securities and M&A law practice focuses on advising public and emerging private companies and their venture capital and private equity investors from formation to liquidity. Louis has domain experience in public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs, strategic investments and joint ventures, as well as corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. He regularly represents US and non-US registrants before the SEC, FINRA, NYSE and NASDAQ.

Louis Lehot’s corporate, securities and M&A law practice focuses on advising public and private companies and their financial sponsors on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs and joint ventures, as well as related corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. He regularly represents US and non-US registrants before the SEC, FINRA, NYSE and NASDAQ.

Louis Lehot has joined the Silicon Valley office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice group.  Lehot joins Sheppard Mullin from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Palo Alto. 

Corporate boards are looking to diversify and grow. Silicon Valley lawyer Louis Lehot, former founder of L2 Counsel PC, recommends asking lots of questions and shares 10 tips on how to land a corporate director seat.

I’m often asked by clients, in the initial fundraising process how to build a pitch deck. As a recent outside general counsel to well over a hundred emerging growth private companies in the…

Articles on IPWatchdog authored by Louis Lehot.