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Lou Barbieri leads Kilpatrick’s Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities (MASC) practice. His practice focuses on counseling leaders of private equity funds, portfolio companies, founder owned-businesses and other corporate clients in general corporate, investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Lou has a depth of experience in representing SaaS software providers, healthcare service providers, and industry leaders in retail, manufacturing, and supply chain. His goal is to provide sophisticated counsel to clients with a focus on growth through complex regulatory landscapes. Lou has helped develop and implement acquisition programs for multiple clients that have increased value and ultimately led to successful industry-recognized exit transactions. Lou began his career representing primarily start-up companies in all aspects of their business. He continues to devote a significant amount of time advising venture capital funds, strategics and founders in venture capital transactions. He was named the 2024 "Atlanta Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Venture Capital Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Lou is co-founder, with his wife, of the Barbieri-Hunt Scholarship, which provides annual scholarships to high school students for post-secondary education or work programs. He was co-founder of the L.A.M.B. Foundation, a non-profit focused on leveraging community resources for families in need. Lou is a past Chairman of Rebuilding Together Atlanta, an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, which mission is to revitalize homes of low-income home owners in the Atlanta area, focusing on veterans and elderly residents. Lou was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in 2025 and the eight years immediately preceding for Mergers and Acquisitions Law and again in 2026 for Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Venture Capital Law. He was named a "Next Generation Partner" in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and a "Leading Partner" in 2024 and 2025 for Mergers & Acquisitions by Legal 500 US.
