Helping businesses and ventures with compelling technologies reach their growth objectives with sound legal strategies and solutions.

Louis regularly guides cutting-edge funds in disruptive investments and buyouts and acts as company- and investor-side counsel in financings and M&A transactions. He routinely advises venture, growth, private equity and buyout funds and institutional investors, putting his experience and skill to work to help identify opportunities for growth while minimizing risk. Louis has domain expertise in representing these funds in making minority, growth, scaling and control investments in technology, life sciences and clean-energy businesses.

His experience extends to:

• Angel and micro funds
• Corporate venture funds
• Domestic and international early and mid-stage venture funds
• Seed funds
• Venture debt funds
• Growth equity
• Private equity and leveraged buyout funds

Services include:

• Portfolio company investment and planning
• Strategic investment counsel
• Networking with potential investors
• Transactional work for funds including drafting investment term sheets
• Deal structure and negotiation
• Due diligence
• Preparing documentation for raising capital
• Counsel on public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities
• Handling Form D and state “blue sky” filings
• Advising on corporate governance and securities law compliance matters

Services Specifically for Private Equity Companies:

• Platform and bolt-on acquisitions
• Debt financing in the private and public capital markets
• Exit strategy and execution
• Spin-offs and divestitures
• Growth investments
• Recapitalizations and financings
• Control, non-control and minority investments
• Distressed transactions
• Portfolio company support

Representative Clients:

• Accel
• Andreesen Horowitz
• CRV
• General Atlantic
• Mighty Capital
• New Enterprise Associates
• One Way Ventures
• Riverwood Capital
• First Rays Venture Partners
• SoftBank Investment Advisers