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Louis Lehot Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 5, 2026 • 3 min read

Quick Info

Age48 Years

BirthplacePalo Alto

ProfessionLawyer/Attorney

NationalityAmerican

Marital statusMarried

Louis Lehot Biography

Louis Lehot is an American corporate attorney known for advising entrepreneurs, investors and management teams across Silicon Valley and Wall Street. A lit

Early life and background

Louis Lehot was born and raised in Palo Alto and is identified as American by nationality. He attended Bishop O'Dowd High School before pursuing higher education focused on international affairs and law. Lehot earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1994, completed a certificate program at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg in 1993, and received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2000.

Career

Lehot has built a career as a corporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, initial public offerings and transactional work for startups and growth companies. He began his post-law-school career in Paris in 2000 as a cross-border corporate finance lawyer with Shearman & Sterling. After nearly five years there he returned to the Bay Area and worked with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in Palo Alto as a corporate lawyer.

Over the following years Lehot held partner roles at multiple prominent firms. In 2009 he became a partner handling corporate, securities and M&A matters at Sheppard Mullin in Silicon Valley. He later served as a partner at Cooley LLP in Palo Alto and took on leadership responsibilities at DLA Piper in the San Francisco Bay Area as a co-office managing partner for Silicon Valley and co-chair of the Emergent Growth and Venture Capital practice in the United States.

Lehot has also run his own practice and served in advisory and board roles. He was managing partner at L2 Counsel, P.C., and a member of the advisory board for Silicon Valley Directors Exchange (SVDX). In 2021 he joined Foley & Lardner LLP as a partner focused on corporate, M&A, private equity and venture capital work for innovative companies and investors, based in the U.S.

Practice and recognition

Lehot’s practice centers on counseling founders, management teams, investors and financial advisors at every stage of growth. His experience spans both Wall Street and Silicon Valley clients, and he has been recognized by industry rankings and legal publications. He received peer-reviewed recognition in Chambers USA 2021 (Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Band 3), was selected as a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer in 2021, and holds a top rating on Avvo. The Legal 500 US has also recognized his work in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial law.

Lehot is fluent in French and has contributed articles to a variety of professional and industry outlets, including IPWatchdog, Chief Executive, DataDrivenInvestor and Global Trade Magazine, among others. He has appeared as a contributor to books and texts addressing mergers and acquisitions and the impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice.

Public profile

Beyond his firm roles, Lehot has been active in legal professional organizations such as the American Bar Association Business Law Committee (including the Subcommittee on Negotiated Acquisitions), the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Bay Area Corporate and Securities Law Committee, and the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel. He has also served on the faculty of Stanford Directors’ College.

In interviews and public commentary Lehot emphasizes practical collaboration, clarity of purpose and perseverance when helping bring business ideas to market. His writing and speaking reflect a focus on distilling complex transactions to their essential elements and working collaboratively with clients to solve meaningful problems.

Latest updates

As of 2021, Lehot is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP where he continues to represent companies and investors on M&A, private equity, venture capital and related corporate matters. He remains active in legal education, advisory boards and industry commentary.

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Recent Work

Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital law partner for innovative companies and investors (appointed 2021).

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Career Highlights

  1. Partner and business lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP (from 2021)
  2. Held partner roles at Sheppard Mullin, Cooley LLP, and L2 Counsel, P.C.
  3. Co-office Managing Partner, Silicon Valley and Co-Chair, Emerging Growth and Venture Capital at DLA Piper
  4. Peer-reviewed in Chambers USA 2021 (Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Band 3)
  5. Selected as a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer (2021); 10.0 Avvo rating
  6. Faculty member, Stanford Directors’ College
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