Louis Lehot
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- Sep 29, 2026
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The Growth Docket (opens the original)
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Growth equity sits between venture capital and the buyout. It is a large check, often for control, that does three things at once. It funds growth. It pays cash to founders and early investors. And it builds the scale to sell the company later. It uses little or no debt. That matters this year, because debt is expensive and lenders are picky. This newsletter covers that market every Wednesday. Same order every week. Six minutes to read. Three sectors: technology, life sciences and healthcare, an
What Is A General Counsel Worth? (opens the original)
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Between the two of us, we have spent a long time in Silicon Valley sitting next to general counsels at the moments that matter: the term sheet, the IPO, the sale, the hard quarter. We have watched many of them negotiate for the company with real skill. We have watched far fewer of them negotiate for themselves. That gap is why we put this lunch together. Last Friday, Foley & Lardner hosted a private gathering of general counsels and chief legal officers from public and late-stage private compani
Private Equity's $285 Billion Shock Year Still Has Real Openings (opens the original)
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War in the Gulf, an oil spike, rate risk and an AI shock that erased $285 billion of software value in a day have battered sponsors in 2026. Capital is still flowing to firms that return cash — and the law has moved mostly in their favor. Private equity has taken a beating in 2026. A war in the Persian Gulf, an oil-price spike, a Federal Reserve that may raise rates this month and an artificial-intelligence shock that wiped $285 billion off software stocks in a single session have hit sponsors a
Where We Are On Software M&A (opens the original)
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Each August, I review the software earnings roll-up with one question in mind: What do the numbers mean for the deals my clients will pursue, or wish they had pursued, over the next 12 months? This quarter, the answer is unusually clear. The sector remains healthy, but growth is slowing, and the divide between likely buyers and likely targets is widening. If you run, sponsor, or advise a software company, now is the time to get organized. Robert Bartlett, his colleagues at Jefferies, and the Sil
100X 2026: Where The Energy Transition Met The AI Revolution (opens the original)
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There are conferences you attend, and there are conferences that recalibrate how you think about the next decade. TDK Ventures’ 100X 2026, held this week in Burlingame, California, was firmly in the second category. As a proud co-sponsor on behalf of Foley, I had the privilege of supporting my friend and client Nicolas Sauvage, President of TDK Ventures, as he and his team convened an extraordinary, invitation-only gathering of founders, institutional partners, investors, and corporate leaders w
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