Lou Soto

Lou Soto is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP. He represents venture-backed technology companies at all stages of growth, with clients spanning SaaS, defense tech, fintech, AI, healthcare IT, cyber security, and internet infrastructure. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1999 and is also admitted in New York.

According to the firm, Soto counsels clients on corporate formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offering transactions, as well as corporate governance and securities law matters. He works with clients through their entire life cycle, from strategic and corporate structuring advice for founders at the earliest stages, to managing venture capital and growth financings, to negotiating M&A and other liquidity transactions for late-stage growth companies. He also represents venture capital firms, seed funds, and incubators in financing transactions. The firm notes that his work with client Anduril was featured in Business Insider.

Soto earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from Rutgers University. Originally from New Jersey, he lives in the Bay Area with his wife and three children. His listed focus areas include AI and machine learning, mergers and acquisitions, and seed, venture, and growth financings.