Louis Lehot Legal Podcasts

Recent judicial rulings in Delware have caused a growing “DExit” movement trend with companies reconsidering Delaware as their state of incorporation and exploring alternatives like Texas, Nevada, and Florida. This podcast episode delves into the factors driving this shift, new legislative responses in Delaware, and the innovative business-friendly reforms emerging in Texas. Join us as we explore...

Modern AI systems are now transforming white-collar professions, impacting various roles such as graphic designers, programmers, and writers. As these technologies advance, professionals and managers must adapt to stay competitive. Here are a few key Insights:🔹 McKinsey & Company 's research shows that AI can automate mundane tasks, allowing managers to focus on their high-value leadership activi...

Louis Lehot, Partner and Business Lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP , hosted a live-stream webinar for startup founders and investors in 2023, a year marked as the era of generative AI. New software, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney, and Bard, collectively created one of those rare "This is going to change everything!" moments in Silicon Valley and beyond. For startup founders and investors, the...

According to a recent PitchBook report, medtech M&A is on the rise, especially with cardiovascular tech and surgical robotics. Key points to note about this recent shift:▪️ Q1 2024 saw $3.3B in funding, up from $2.8B in Q4 2023▪️ Cardiovascular and surgical robotics led the charge with $2.2B and $1B, respectively, in the past year▪️ About 1/2 of the Q1 funding went to later-stage deals. This surge...

NACD Northern California Chapter welcomed renowned innovation and corporate venture expert Ilya Strebulaev , professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and founder and faculty director of the Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative, and Claudia Fan Munce , venture advisor and board director, to a virtual fireside chat with host and moderator Louis Lehot , partner at Foley & Lardne...

In the AI sector, the contributions of immigrants have proven to be invaluable. 2023 marked a pivotal point in AI development, with immigrant talent playing a crucial role. Here are a few insights: ◼ Immigrants both lead and drive innovation in many of the U.S.'s major tech companies. ◼ An impressive 80% of billion-dollar private firms have immigrant founders or key leaders. ◼ The U.S. needs to ma...

PitchBook 's Q1 2024 US PE Breakdown showed some interesting insights about the start of the year. Here are a few key things to note:🔹 The total US PE exit value decreased 19% QoQ in Q1 2024, despite a brief surge at the end of 2023.🔹 Sluggish exit activity could negatively impact PE’s capital formation due to high interest rates, limited deal activity, and pricing gaps.🔹 Sponsor-to-sponsor exi...

Silicon Valley lawyers Louis Lehot, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, and Nicole Hatcher, co-founder of Allen & Hatcher, describe what is a capitalization table, how to prepare it, how to manage it, and best practices to protect your startup. They then discuss the use of a “pro forma” cap table to understand who gets what in a venture capital or other financing. Finally, Louis and Nicole share their...

In our recent digital discussion on fundraising for your startup, we drilled down into what it means to be an entrepreneur, what investors are looking for and how to bridge the gaps. Some key learnings from the conversation include: Fundraising in High Resolution: We are witnessing a complicated fundraising environment in which traditional tactics are supplemented by innovative financial tools. Fr...

Foley & Lardner and NACD hosted a virtual event on ‘How to Navigate the Federal Trade Commission in 2024’ recently. The speakers provided invaluable insights into key areas such as compliance, enforcement, and emerging trends within the FTC’s jurisdiction. Topics discussed included: * Recent developments in FTC regulations and enforcement priorities * FTC investigations and enforcement actions * C...

In a recent webinar co-hosted by 4thly and Foley & Lardner LLP, attorneys Greg Neppl, Natasha Allen and Louis Lehot engaged in a thought-provoking discussion with 4thly’s Bret Waters. Together, they discussed the complexities of the current antitrust landscape, highlighting the challenges and uncertainties faced by companies navigating the ever-shifting merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. Thei...

In a recent webinar co-hosted by 4thly and Foley & Lardner LLP, lawyers Natasha Allen and Louis Lehot engaged in a thought-provoking discussion with 4thly’s Bret Waters on the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI). As AI continues to automate workflows and entire industries, the conversation highlighted the challenges, opportunities, and considerations for entrepre...

For startup founders and investors, term sheets are the Rosetta Stone for each financing transaction. Unlike the Rosetta Stone, terms that are considered ordinary and customary change a little every year, as economic tides flow and the startup ecosystem evolves. 4thly and Foley & Lardner discussed term sheets for venture financings, including SAFEs, convertible notes, series seed preferred, side-l...

Louis Lehot , Partner and Business Lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP, hosted a live-stream webinar for startup founders and investors in 2023, a year marked as the era of generative AI. New software, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney, and Bard, collectively created one of those rare "This is going to change everything!" moments in Silicon Valley and beyond. For startup founders and investors, the...

Biotech remains a red-hot area for startup founders and investors, with next-generation gene therapies, precision medicine, and the use of AI and ML to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs, alongside entirely new delivery methods. Louis Lehot , Partner and Business Lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP, joined a livestream panel discussion on Biotech trends in 2023, hosted by Foley & Lard...

As we approach 2024, the transaction landscape is much different than it was a year ago. There’s is an uptick in M&A transactions prompted by portfolio consolidation (aqui-hires and similar transactions) as well as venture financings with more challenging terms. Louis Lehot joined as a panelist in a special livestream webinar for startup founders and investors, hosted by Foley & Lardner and 4thly....

Ever since former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Jo White announced the Silicon Valley Initiative, we have seen the enforcement division moving into the private company sphere. Major compliance and governance failures, such as Theranos, FTX, and IRL, have put the spotlight on what is communicated internally and externally in employee, customer, and investor communications. In fisca...

Originally published by 4thly. On this episode, a panel of US-China experts discuss President Biden's recent executive order which subjects private US investments into China to screening. This obviously has a pretty big impact on venture capital and private equity firms, but in the discussion we got into the larger picture of the US-China relationship, and the "conscious uncoupling"...

In this episode, Evan Epstein talk with Louis Lehot, a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Louis focuses his practice on advising entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors and financial advisors at all stages of growth, from garage to global.    In this podcast, we talk about "compromised indepen...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the hot craze. While the initial coin offering (“ICO”) craze of 2017-2018 fizzled out in the face of government enforcement actions, a resurgence in the global market for bitcoin and the new category of NFTs is fueling a new boom in digital assets as mainstream interest increases. Recently, Christie’s became the very first major auction house to offer a fully digital...

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Garage to Global With Guggenheim Securities: Rob Bartlett, Senior Managing Director of Guggenheim Securities, joins cohosts Richard Levick of LEVICK and Louis Lehot, a partner at Foley & Lardner, to discuss the market, SPACs, 2021’s hypergrowth and 2022’s market expectations, market stability and making the transition from accountant to law firm partner to investment banker. Rob joined Guggenh...

By Louis Lehot , a business and technology lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP in Silicon Valley Louis Lehot || High Resolution Seed Financing for Startups Seed financings are flourishing right now in Silicon Valley and beyond, as startup founders are tapping the incredibly strong investor appetite for early-stage investment opportunities. According to Crunchbase, the median seed financing in 2021 w...

By Louis Lehot , a business and technology lawyer at Foley & Lardner LLP in Silicon Valley Breakups hurt — both financially and emotionally — in both business and in marriage. Just as sociologists have predicted spikes in marital divorce rates, there is now a noticeable increase in partner disagreements in healthy, thriving businesses. Insurance companies are no exception. To survive and thriv...

Non–fungible tokens (NFTs) have been making big headlines for months, including significant transactions in the sports, arts, entertainment, and gaming industries, and also in the broader business world. For those interested or already operating in the world of NFTs, there are myriad legal issues to be considered in any NFT initiative. The NFT Task Force at Foley & Lardner demonstrated the cre...