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RJ Pittman

Over my career I’d say my experience with outside counsel has at best, been mixed. I was finally redeemed when Louis Lehot and team Foley & Lardner LLP arrived on scene. To say this venerable group broke the mold would be a gross understatement. No better team, no better firm to have in your trenches when building a company with ambitions as big as ours.
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CEO, Matterport

Mike Gustafson

The Matterport process and acquisition as you know had many aspects where your very direct and personal support (and that of your team) were critical including the iterations with the FTC. Louis’ calm and yet firm and factual demeanor was critical in working with all groups and with management and leadership in helping shepherd the company through the process. Without going deep on all comments I can say with confidence that Louis’ work ethic, professionalism, and leadership were all counted on and proven.
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Board Member, Matterport

Peter Hebert

“While the words “attorney” and “advisor” are often used interchangeably, in my experience with Louis “strategic guide” is the best way to describe the legal wisdom and prescient planning that he brought to his clients. I had known of Louis by reputation for many years but got to see him up close in action as a board member of Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR). As an emerging growth public company, in the midst of a $2.1 billion acquisition under second review by the Federal Trade Commission, all the while operating as a defendant in a $100M+ litigation in Delaware Chancery Court (among other stockholder lawsuits) — the last 18 months of Matterport’s life as a public company were the legal equivalent of skiing a double black diamond run blindfolded on one ski. But all the while Louis brought calm analytical horsepower to advise the management team and board on its legal options, and used a mastery of game theory to counsel us on how best to proceed to victory. I shudder to think of what might have happened without Louis’s leadership and advice.
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Co-Founder, Lux Capital

Jay Chong

In my capacity as a technology business leader and investor, I have known and worked with Louis Lehot for over ten years. Louis is a trusted business advisor and friend. I have trusted Louis to help me structure, invest, monitor, harvest and acquire technology businesses as outside legal counsel. Louis forms strong working relationships with my teams and works well with target businesses and their counsel. Louis inspires trust, and then he delivers. He gets the business imperative and then makes the legal process follow it. Over the past ten plus years working together, I have witnessed Louis’s strength in building great legal teams to drive results for technology businesses and their investors, and across multiple disciplines. Louis shines on projects that cross borders. Our relationship has withstood the test of time and changes of companies, and I attest to Louis’s ethical, high integrity and exacting standards both as a lawyer and as a friend. I look forward to working with Louis and his team on future transactions
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General Partner Millennium Technology Value Partners

Nicole Hatcher

I started working with Louis in early 2013 and he has been a trusted colleague and mentor ever since. Over the years working with Louis, I have learned how to problem-solve, negotiate and listen to clients with empathy. Louis is extremely dedicated to his clients and has a passion for helping businesses, ranging from startups to global conglomerates, I have not seen in other partners. His 24/7 availability and natural ability to immediately drill down and execute on goals makes him the go-to advisor to many companies, investors, and colleagues.
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General Counsel New Enterprise Associates

Yegor Anchyshkin

Louis is an exceptional professional whom you absolutely want on your team! His responsiveness and timely assistance is unmatched. With Louis on board, you have both 1) the depth of knowledge, and 2) the power of great network penetrating multiple domains!
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Co-Founder, CEO at Instock.com

Jenny Sohn

Louis is my first call when I need any legal opinion in the Silicon Valley. I have worked with a number of law firms and attorneys in the Valley, no one come close to his knowledge and practice of a variety of corporate legal matters in VC-backed private companies. Not only he is knowledgeable, details oriented, spot on on his predictions of how each scenario will play out, he is also great with people, from founders to legal teams, and generous in offering his time and help. I am privileged to know and work with him.
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Board Member/50 Women to Watch for Boards/ CFO, CFA/CPA, NACD.DC

Ted Tekippe

Louis is a fantastic outside counsel, especially for first-time start up founders like I was when we first met. He gives great advice on a wide variety of topics including corporate formation, fundraising, structuring deals, negotiating comp and much, much more. More than just a lawyer, he became a trusted counselor in the true sense of the word. And he’s always given it to me straight, even when it wasn’t what I wanted to hear, but been in my corner no matter what through all the highs and lows. I’d recommend him to any founder or early stage company.
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Private Party Lending and Payments

Shai Stern

Louis is a trusted advisor who has an exceptional breadth of knowledge and focus on the details and who works tirelessly to deliver the results I need. I have trusted him to counsel me on various matters for several years and have never once doubted his abilities. Louis is an effective, concise communicator and is a pleasure to work with.
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Founder at Gotavi.co

Thomas Dean

Louis has proven to be a tremendous asset to Seagate with respect to his review and subsequent commentary of our SEC statements in the past couple of years.
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Senior SEC Financial Reporting Consultant

Hicham Jorio

Louis is a result-oriented attorney and an excellent communicator. He brings experience to the table as well as willingness to always jump in on transactions even on very short notice. I have been working with Louis for almost four years on several matters and I am very pleased to have had such opportunity
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Funding early stage start ups

Evan Powel

Louis was a great advocate and advisor for StackStorm as we started fielding acquisition offers and then entered into definitive negotiations. He quickly established a high trust connection with me and my co-founder Dmitri Zimine and was incisive during negotiations. He helped us to navigate to a great outcome and I’d like to work with him again in the future.
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Many time founder & 5 exits

Victor Garcia

Louis Lehot is a very experienced lawyer in various areas of law including international law, M&A, corporate governance and corporate finance. I have found his work to be high quality and that he has strong business judgment that exhibits his years of experience across various types of transactions and industries. I have found him to be available 24/7 and extremely responsive. He diligently follows up on discussions and reaches out for necessary expertise when appropriate. He listens as well as he advises to make sure that he is serving the client’s needs.
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President and Chief Executive Officer at Novodia Partners

Suzana Gadzo

I have known Louis personally and professionally for close to 30 years. He is highly-skilled, hard-working, business savvy and trustworthy. Louis and I worked together in Paris. He is bilingual, multi-cultural and passionate about his work. Louis leads with his heart and is a kind and generous person.
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Counsel at Perkins Coie LLP

Sale Kwon

While working with Louis, I was always impressed by his client-first approach based on high quality work, responsiveness and passion. Clients appreciate his resourcefulness and practical approach. He never stopped investing his time in his network and utilized his reach to help his clients and colleagues alike.
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Partner at Cooley LLP, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

Brian McAllister

Louis provides sound, seasoned and practical legal advice. He brings a great level of intensity to his work, but doesn’t lose sight of the practical business needs of the client, and is always responsive, and looks after the relationship with the goal of providing real value. In addition to his exceptional work and service, he is a true pleasure to work with.
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Strategic business-legal counselor to companies, executives and investors

Chris Groves

I have worked with Louis over the years in my capacity of a CEO of a high growth venture backed technology company. Louis brings a lot to the table with a high level of expertise , very high quality of work, and is highly responsive . He always demonstrates great teamwork, and delivers high value both commercially and practically. As a globally dispersed company it has been reassuring to tap into Louis’ extensive knowledge and network. And I have found him to be a great advisor with a strong sense of humor and moral compass . Feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn if you’d like further insight.
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Senior Advisor | Consumer Products & CPG

Vitaly Golomb

Louis is one of the hardest working and most genuine people I’ve ever had the pleasure to rely on in business and call a friend. He is a very experienced and deeply connected Silicon Valley corporate attorney who goes out of his way to make things happen for his clients.
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Investment Banking & Venture Capital | Managing Partner

George Miller

Excellent support on various securities law matters. Louis was primary support to Novartis on its initial NYSE listing documentation and annual reports for several years thereafter. First rate service, always on time, great focus on that which was truly important and kept the hours worked to only that which was required to do the job. I was especially impressed with his cultural awareness – he was instrumental in helping this very Swiss company understand the reasons why certain disclosures where necessary
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Former Senior Vice President

Gregory King

Louis is an incredibly talented, detail-oriented and talented lawyer who will always go the extra mile to meet a client’s needs. Louis never loses perspective about what’s important and does not waste anyone’s time arguing about minutiae. He’s also a pleasure to work with and is a true professional in every sense of the word.
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Investor | Advisor | Former General Counsel

Yena Kim

Louis is, by far, the best partner I’ve ever worked for in my paralegal career. He is detail-oriented, sharp, willing to teach, and shows respect to everyone he works with. I enjoyed working with him tremendously and learned an incredible amount while I was a part of his team. He also has a diverse group of clients, so I was able to partake in a wide range of work, including incorporating startups, assisting with equity financings and M&A transactions, preparing SEC filings for public companies, and so on.
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Corporate paralegal

Steve Doll

Louis has been my first call since we first worked together in 2005. That was 4 companies ago for me, but no matter where I go, one of the first things I do is get Louis involved as counsel. I do this for three reasons 1) it makes me look good to the company I just joined, because invariably they’ve been impressed with Louis and 2) I trust him to give me a broader perspective on the challenges that come up.
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CFO @ Subcontractor Hub

Shai Stern

Louis is a trusted advisor who has an exceptional breadth of knowledge and focus on the details and who works tirelessly to deliver the results I need. I have trusted him to counsel me on various matters for several years and have never once doubted his abilities. Louis is an effective, concise communicator and is a pleasure to work with. louis is a great attorney who has an exceptional focus on detail, quality, creativity, and practical business sense.
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Co-Chairman CheckAlt Payment Solutions

Jenny Sohn

Louis is my first call when I need any legal opinion in the Silicon Valley. I have worked with a number of law firms and attorneys in the Valley, no one come close to his knowledge and practice of a variety of corporate legal matters in VC-backed private companies. Not only he is knowledgeable, details oriented, spot on his predictions of how each scenario will play out, he is also great with people, from founders to legal teams, and generous in offering his time and help. I am privileged to know and work with him.
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CFO Mindvalley

Andrea Muller

I have known Louis personally and professionally for close to 30 years. He is highly-skilled, hard-working, business savvy and trustworthy. Louis and I worked together in Paris. He is bilingual, multi-cultural and passionate about his work. Louis leads with his heart and is a kind and generous person.”
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Non-Executive Director Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

Michael Golomb

In my tenure as CFO, we relied on Louis and his team for global legal support, including a complex acquisition in Europe from a private equity seller, our public reporting with the SEC, a change in auditors, a shelf registration statement and takedown shelf offering. Louis is one of the best corporate lawyer I ever worked with, bringing a combination of deep experience, sophisticated expertise and balanced demeanor to every challenge. I highly recommend Louis as both a relationship partner and as a zealously effective lead corporate counsel for global public companies, particularly in the TMT space.
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CFO Blockstream

Dong-Su Kim

I have worked with many lawyers and I can confidently say that Louis is one of the best. He has a deep level of understanding in both legal and business matters, making it easy for his clients to achieve the desired outcome. He is always responsive to both email and phone call, quickly understands your needs, drives hard negotiations, and navigates with ease the nuances of business cultures of various geographical regions. I worked with Louis through three different law firms and he was always able to assemble a top-notch team who is extremely competent and delivers high quality work.
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CEO LG Technology Ventures

Hee Jung

I had a chance to work with him on several occasions and it was the greatest experience I’ve ever had with a lawyer. Louis is very professional and organized at his work with deep knowledge yet he is very friendly and personal. He was upfront with all the terms and made things very easy for the clients where our team was speaking highly of his quality of work. Our team also appreciated his availability at all times where he was reachable via email, phone or in person. I don’t think he ever passed 24 hours to respond to our queries or requests. He always had answers to our questions and his global experience definitely helped alot to consider from different aspects. Most of all, Louis is a great person. He cares for clients’ business like his own and he could be very practical and caring. We were intrigued by his leadership and integrity not to mention his moral character. I have nothing but appreciation towards working with Louis and look forward to working with him and his team again.
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Head of Investment SK Discovery

Yishai Fransis

We have worked with Louis on a public offering of one of our clients. Louis provided us with great support throughout the process. He possesses broad and deep knowledge, is very detailed oriented and trustworthy and was instrumental throughout the deal execution. Additionally, Louis is a great guy to work with on both personal & professional levels.
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Head of EMEA Technology Investment Banking Citi

Jay Zoellner

Our company retained Mr. Lehot to advise us on the S-1 registration process. He provided very insigntful, expert knowledge that we found to be exceedingly useful. Super service and responsiveness.
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CEO Erus Energy

Robert Berger

I had the pleasure of working with Louis several times while he was at Simpson Thatcher. He has tremendous domain expertise in the equity and equity linked capital markets, paired with a sharp business mind. I found him very easy to work with, always proactive and, most of all, very personable. I would not hesitate to recommend Louis and Sheppard Mullin for counsel in equity capital markets transactions (including SPACs), particularly for technology companies. I look forward to working with him again.
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Managing Director, Head of North American Equity Advisory Rothschild & Co

Yanira Gonzalez Wong

Louis is focused on client service and obtaining the most efficient outcomes for his clients. He provides practical and thoughtful advice on complex corporate, securities law and M&A matters. I highly recommend his services.”
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VP, Associate General Counsell Avalara

Wade Dougherty

Louis is a terrific, versatile and hard-working attorney.
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Managing Director Goldman Sachs

Louis Lehot

LLehot@foley.com

650.251.1222

525 University Avenue, Suite 500, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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