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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Louis Lehot |Whitt Steineker |Liisa M. Thomas |David Thomas
After two decades practicing law in Silicon Valley and five formative years working on cross-border deals in Europe, I’ve come to appreciate the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences in how merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are structured on either side of the Atlantic. For buyers and sellers on opposite sides of the divide, these can be the difference between a smooth closing and a deal that gets lost in translation.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Louis Lehot |Brian Wheeler
This year is off to a bumpy start in terms of dealmaking. Amultitude of factors, including tariff-a-geddon, supply chaindisruption, stubbornly high long-term interest rates (not comingdown as expected), deregulation (not yet commenced, much lessbearing any fruit), and an increasingly volatile stock market, havetogether summarized in the now ubiquitous term "marketuncertainty" and have slowed the pace of dealmakingsignificantly.
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Louis Lehot |Carl Kennedy |Carolyn H. Jackson |Dominique Casimir
Skip to main content April 01, 2025 Volume XV, Number 91 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Louis Lehot
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Louis Lehot |Brian Wheeler
As we launch into the next quarter century, there is muchspeculation about what the future holds for private equity (PE) asan asset class and driver in dealmaking. Momentum started to pickup in 2024 with the Fed announcing a series of interest rate cuts,and there was a sense of increasing certainty with the Presidentialelection now behind us. Now, everyone is eager to see what the newyear will hold.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Louis Lehot
Looking back at 2024, it’s clear that the venture capital landscape has experienced a year of both significant transformation and cautious optimism. Throughout the year, recurring themes of technological innovation, strategic investment, and adaptive market behavior have defined the narrative for investors, founders, and other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem. Another theme for venture capitalists was “DPI”, or the ratio of distributed to paid-in capital.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Louis Lehot
Are we headed for an IPO rebound in 2025? According to a recent CNBC article, a major window for the IPO market could be opening. They point to prime conditions such as markets at new highs, interest rate stabilization, a strong economy, and of course, the election is now over, and we have a better sense of the new administration’s plans moving forward. However, CNBC points to two necessary components that are currently missing in order to have a robust IPO rebound.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
today.westlaw.com | Louis Lehot
(January 13, 2025) - Louis Lehot of Foley & Lardner LLP discusses startup fundraising term sheets and "dirty" terms to watch out for when raising capital. In this post, we talk about all of the various "dirty" term sheets we have seen in the past couple of years for which entrepreneurs should be on the lookout.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Louis Lehot
As we launch into the next quarter century, there is much speculation about what the future holds for private equity (PE) as an asset class and driver in dealmaking. Momentum started to pick up in 2024 with the Fed announcing a series of interest rate cuts, and there was a sense of increasing certainty with the Presidential election now behind us. Now, everyone is eager to see what the new year will hold.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Louis Lehot
Are we headed for an IPO rebound in 2025? According to a recent CNBC article, a major window for the IPO market could be opening. They point to prime conditions such as markets at new highs, interest rate stabilization, a strong economy, and of course, the election is now over, and we have a better sense of the new administration’s plans moving forward. However, CNBC points to two necessary components that are currently missing in order to have a robust IPO rebound.
