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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Jun 28, 2023 • 28min
Activist Investing Today: Feldman Talks ‘Vote No,’ Canada Rules, Starboard at Ritchie
Goodmans partner Jonathan Feldman explains why activists have advantages when targeting Canadian companies, and he offers views on Starboard’s unusual investment in a Canadian company.
Jun 22, 2023 • 20min
Drinks With The Deal: Bracewell's Austin Lee Talks Energy
Austin Lee, an energy M&A partner at Bracewell in Houston, discusses being a landman, the difference between working in-house and at a law firm, and energy transition.
Jun 12, 2023 • 37min
Behind the Buyouts: FTV's Bernstein on Fusion of Payments, Vertical Software
FTV Capital's Managing Partner Brad Bernstein talks about disintermediating traditional financial services, "value-add envy" and the firm's 25th anniversary.
Jun 8, 2023 • 22min
Drinks With The Deal: Wachtell's Ryan McLeod Discusses Delaware
Wachtell's Ryan McLeod talks about clerking for Bill Chandler, working as a litigator in Delaware and the most important corporate law issues facing the state's courts.
Jun 2, 2023 • 19min
Activist Investing Today: Davies’ Olasker on Ideological Lawyers, Women in Activism
Davies, Ward partner Patricia Olasker discussed why a bifurcated U.S. legal advice system may change, why so few women work on M&A and activism and how that may change.
May 24, 2023 • 22min
Activist Investing Today: EY’s Hunker Eyes 2023 Proxy Season
The shareholder activism defense leader at Ernst & Young explains why ESG proponents and second tier activists may be reticent to launch director contests, while brand name insurgents can ‘weather the storm.’
May 18, 2023 • 22min
Drinks With The Deal: Debevoise's Levitsky on Journey From Public Service to Private Practice
Jonathan Levitsky, an M&A and PE partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, discussed clerking on the Supreme Court, working on the Kosovo peace accords and transitioning to an M&A and PE practice.
May 4, 2023 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal: Hunton's Kennedy Talks Restrictive Covenants
In the most recent Drinks With The Deal, Jim Kennedy, an M&A partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discussed recent Delaware decisions on restrictive covenants.
Apr 20, 2023 • 27min
Drinks With The Deal: Eli Black and the Limits of ESG
Author Matt Garcia discusses his new biography of Eli Black, a midcentury CEO whose efforts at corporate social responsibility ended in tragedy.
Apr 13, 2023 • 24min
Activist Investing Today: T. Rowe’s Anderson Talks Insurgencies
Donna Anderson, chief of corporate governance for asset manager T. Rowe Price, explains why it will speak publicly about certain deals and why companies facing activists might want to think about visiting her before traveling to see a nearby proxy adviser.
