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Corporate Partner Louis Lehot Expands Sheppard Mullin's Silicon Valley Presence
Technology Company Deal Expert Continues Transactional Capabilities Growth; Second Corporate Partner to Join Firm Today
| Source: Sheppard Mullin
MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwire - August 20, 2009) - Louis Lehot has joined the Silicon Valley
office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the
firm's Corporate practice group. Lehot joins Sheppard Mullin from Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Palo Alto.
Lehot's Silicon Valley practice is focused on advising technology companies
and their financial sponsors and investment banks in M&A transactions,
capital raising transactions, strategic and commercial transactions, as
well as corporate governance and securities law compliance matters.
Lehot's recent M&A experience includes advising SiRF Technology in its
public stock-for-stock merger with CSR plc, and recent capital markets deal
credits include advising the underwriters in Oracle Corporation's $4.5
billion debt financing, in Micron Technology's concurrent public common
stock and convertible note offerings and in GLG Partners' convertible note
offering. His clients have included technology names such as AOL, Seagate
Technology and SiRF Technology, investment banks including Bank of America
Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan
Stanley, UBS and Wachovia, as well as leading Bay Area-based financial
sponsors.
"Louis is a rising star in the deal world and an excellent fit firmwide
with both our Corporate practice group and technology practice, as well as
our Silicon Valley office. His Wall Street law firm expertise coupled with
his Silicon Valley experience will be of great value to our clients," said
Guy Halgren, chairman of the firm.
Commented Lehot, "Sheppard Mullin offers a large statewide footprint for a
technology company practice in Silicon Valley. Additionally, the firm's
New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai offices and leading digital
entertainment, media, energy and high technology practices provide a
full-service and international platform to support our clients. I am
thrilled to be joining the firm and look forward to growing the Silicon
Valley corporate and transactional practice with partner Riaz Karamali."
"Louis' strong corporate and transactional advisory knowledge and expertise
is an excellent addition to our growing office's capabilities. His solid
relationships with Silicon Valley corporate and financial decision-makers
will provide an immediate boost to our transactional capabilities in both
of our Bay Area locations: San Francisco and Menlo Park," said Marc Sockol,
managing partner of Sheppard Mullin's Silicon Valley office.
Lehot received a J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 2000
and a B.S.F.S., cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1994.
Also today, Ken Yood joined Sheppard Mullin's Corporate practice group as a
partner in the Los Angeles/Century City office on the firm's Healthcare
team from Fulbright & Jaworski in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, Brian
Weimer joined Sheppard Mullin's Washington, D.C. office and Todd Bissett
joined the firm's Shanghai office as partners in the Corporate practice
group. Weimer joined from Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. and Bissett
joined from O'Melveny & Myers in Beijing.
Sheppard Mullin's Corporate practice group includes more than 100 attorneys
firmwide.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 100 firm with more than 560
attorneys in 11 offices located throughout California and in New York,
Washington, D.C. and Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located
in Los Angeles/Century City, Los Angeles/Downtown, Orange County, San
Diego/Del Mar, San Diego/Downtown, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Silicon
Valley. Founded in 1927 on the principle that the firm would succeed only
if its attorneys delivered prompt, high quality and cost-effective legal
services, Sheppard Mullin provides legal counsel to U.S. and international
clients. Companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of
corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex
financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include more than
half of the Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit
www.sheppardmullin.com.