The Deal
The Deal
The Deal podcast network brings The Deal’s award winning coverage in M&A, activist investing, private equity and restructuring to your airwaves. With a suite of offerings, including Activist Investing Today (hosted by Senior Editor Ronald Orol), Drinks With The Deal (hosted by Senior Writer David Marcus and Senior Reporter Bill Meagher), Behind The Buyouts (hosted by Senior Reporters Steve Gelsi, Nikitha Sattiraju and Senior Writer Chris Nolter) and Fresh Start (hosted by Senior Reporter Stephanie Gleason), The Deal’s podcast network is your go-to source for timely financial news and perspective.
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Oct 16, 2025 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal: Thoma Bravo's Schwab on In-House Roles
Thoma Bravo general counsel Steven Schwab discusses the appeal of being an in-house lawyer, the differences between working at a trading firm and a PE sponsor and the issues he's thinking about now.
Oct 14, 2025 • 25min
Activist Investing Today: Lazard's Couvelier on Retail 'Robo-Voting,' M&A Trends
Lazard Managing Director Chris Couvelier discusses shareholder activism trends, Exxon's robo-voting program, and M&A-driven campaigns with The Deal’s Ron Orol.
Oct 10, 2025 • 39min
Behind the Buyouts: Arenova's Li Balances Creative, Financial Roles in VFX
On the latest episode of Behind the Buyouts, Arenova Capital founder and managing partner David Li discusses applyinga private equity principles to the creative business of visual effects for Hollywood and beyond.
Oct 2, 2025 • 35min
Drinks With The Deal: Moelis' Lee on Special Committee Work, Building a Career
Managing director Dan Lee discusses his work advising special committees on conflicted transactions and building a career experience by experience.
Sep 18, 2025 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal: Baker & McKenzie's Broder Offers Corporate Version of LA Law
Jennifer Broder, an M&A partner at Baker & McKenzie in Los Angeles, discusses clerking for Leo Strine, working as an associate for Bob Denham and how presiding over a mock trial in third grade helped set her on a path to becoming a lawyer.
Sep 12, 2025 • 22min
Activist Investing Today: Brand Eyes Director Notice Compromises
White & Case's Richard Brand suggests that passive investors, other institutions and academics should develop best practices for corporate bylaws seeking information about an activist's director nominations, as the matter right now is left to the courts to decide.
Sep 4, 2025 • 24min
Drinks With The Deal: Simpson's Cooper on Refinitiv, Lehman, Team Building
Elizabeth Cooper, the head of private equity at Simpson Thacher, talks about transitioning from M&A to PE as a young partner and how advising Blackstone on the Refinitiv deal transformed her career.
Aug 28, 2025 • 17min
Drinks With The Deal: A&O Shearman's Litowitz Talks Paramount, Merger Integration
Dan Litowitz, the U.S. deputy co-head of M&A at A&O Shearman, discusses what he's learned from watching his clients integrate acquisitions that he's applied to the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling and work he's done for Paramount.
Aug 21, 2025 • 31min
Behind the Buyouts: Oak Hill's Baker on MetroNet Investment, Fiber's S-Curve
Scott Baker, managing partner at Oak Hill Capital, provides intriguing insights into the firm's significant 11-year investment in Metronet, a pioneer in fiber-to-home technology. He shares how Metronet scaled from 60,000 to millions of households through organic growth and operational efficiency. Scott discusses the economics of building versus buying fiber networks, and the impact of strategic buyers in the market. He also forecasts the future of fiber investments and the ongoing evolution of the industry as they approach later S-curve stages.
Aug 14, 2025 • 45min
Drinks With The Deal: Bok on How Wall Street Is Like 'Glengarry Glen Ross'
Scott Bok, the former chairman and CEO of M&A boutique Greenhill, discusses his career, his new memoir and the challenges of managing the highly ambitious people in finance.
