Authors: Louis Lehot, Andre Thiollier — Pitchbook recently released deal-level data looking at how investor-friendly or startup-friendly the current capital raising environment is. Their VC Dealmaking Indicator looks at various factors to create indicator values — the higher the value, the more investor-friendly the environment. A lower indicator value means a more startup-friendly environment. Their data…

Authors: Louis Lehot, Andre Thiollier and Eric Chow — Exit options have been limited for startups in recent months. Through the end of the third quarter of 2023, we saw a lull in M&A activity across the board, including the tech sector. As we kick off the December sprint to the end of the year, however, we are seeing…

Authors: Louis Lehot, Nathaniel M. Lacktman — There have been exciting advancements in the digital health space over the past few years that are truly changing lives, but the sector seems to be experiencing a reset as investment drops off. …

Author(s): Louis Lehot Thomas F. Carlucci — Foley recently co-hosted an NACD “Private Company Compliance” webinar on the issues that directors of private companies should care about. In this episode, we focused on the increasing importance of supervising the implementation of a compliance function in the private company context. Foley & Lardner’s Silicon Valley-based corporate partner Louis…

Author(s): Louis Lehot, Thomas F. Carlucci — During this time of “permacrisis,” directors, no matter how experienced, must be ready and able to safeguard their organizations. As part of Foley & Lardner’s sponsorship of the NACD Northern California chapter, and together with Elizabeth Lampert PR, FTI Consulting, and Heffernan Insurance Brokers, we hosted an in-depth tabletop exercise…

Friends, Sharing business and legal developments as we see them today, both good and less good. Starting with the good, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, forever changing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, they…

Foley sponsored the recent NACD Private Company Compliance: Investigations, Regulations, and Litigation Webinar. Partners Louis Lehot and Thomas Carlucci were joined for this discussion by: Claudia Fan Munce — Venture Advisor NEA, Board Member of Best Buy, Arteris.IP, BMO Financial Corp., Faculty at Stanford University Graduate School of Business …

Author(s): Louis Lehot — As the world grapples with fast-changing weather patterns, wildfires, record-breaking heat, and many other climate-related issues, it is becoming increasingly important to develop the technologies that will help to combat climate change. …

Author(s): Louis Lehot Eric Chow — As we approach 2024, the M&A landscape is set to experience more shifts and trends that will redefine how companies approach these transactions, and CEOs are keeping a keen eye. In this volatile post-pandemic era characterized by disrupted supply chains, geopolitical conflict, decoupling with China, tight labor markets, stubborn inflation…