DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Louis Lehot, co-chair of the US Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice and co-managing partner of the Silicon Valley office, has been named to the Recorder's 2019 list of California Trailblazers.

Editors noted Lehot's leadership in developing the firm's Accelerate website, and highlighted its capability to allow entrepreneurs to "obtain advice on every aspect of starting and growing a business – for free."

Lehot's corporate, securities and M&A law practice focuses on advising public and emerging private companies and their venture capital and private equity investors from formation to liquidity. Louis has domain experience in public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs, strategic investments and joint ventures, as well as corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. He regularly represents US and non-US registrants before the SEC, FINRA, NYSE and NASDAQ.

DLA Piper's global emerging growth, venture capital, technology and life science lawyers work across practice areas and offices to support innovative clients at every stage of growth, from startups to fast-growing and mid-market businesses to mature global enterprises. Last year, according to Mergermarket's league tables for legal advisors, DLA Piper again earned the top ranking globally for overall deal volume and ranked first for technology M&A in the US. DLA Piper was highly ranked in other notable league tables for 2018, including placing in the top five of each M&A, venture capital and private equity category recognized by PitchBook – the only law firm to do so.