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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Feb 23, 2023 • 21min
Drinks With The Deal: Skadden's Nijjar Discusses Tech M&A Boom, Memories of Bear Stearns
On the most recent Drinks With The Deal, Skadden M&A partner Sonia Nijjar discussed her work on the sale of Bear Stearns, her transition to a tech M&A practice and advising Activision and Elon Musk last year.
Feb 23, 2023 • 26min
Activist Investing Today: ZMH's Hassan Talks Nominations, Masimo, Disney
ZMH Advisors' Waheed Hassan, who has advised on major proxy contests at Huntsman, U.S. Foods and LivePerson, discussed activist director recruitment, Masimo's now removed bylaws and Nelson Peltz vs. Disney.
Feb 16, 2023 • 27min
Drinks With The Deal: Nixon Peabody's O'Keefe on Advising Founders
Amy O'Keefe, an M&A and PE partner at Nixon Peabody in Boston, discussed the rewards and challenges of advising founders on the sales of their companies on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.
Feb 3, 2023 • 16min
Talking M&A: Trends in Healthtech and Biotech M&A
Baker McKenzie partner Aarthi Belani, AbbVie head of immunology business development and acquisitions Rachel Strick, Flare Capital Partners co-founder Michael Greeley and Patient Square Capital founding partner Neel Varshney share their insights on M&A trends in the healthech and biotech sectors for the third episode of the Talking M&A podcast.
Feb 2, 2023 • 22min
Drinks With The Deal: Wilson's Pavri on Dealmaking in Silicon Valley
Rezwan Pavri, a securities and M&A partner at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, talks about balancing the two practices and the challenges his clients are facing in the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast.
Jan 25, 2023 • 20min
Activist Investing Today: White & Case’s Matthews, Tolani on Insurgents, Deals
U.K. based attorneys Tom Matthews and Sonica Tolani of White & Case, who advise both activists and companies, explains why they are seeing a trend of insurgent managers partnering with PE to try to buy companies they previously targeted with agitation campaigns.
Jan 19, 2023 • 37min
Drinks With The Deal: Dechert's Macarchuk Talks Asset Management Convergence
Nicole Macarchuk's career as a PE lawyer in-house and at law firms has paralleled the evolution of the asset management industry as PE sponsors, hedge funds and credit funds have increasingly crossed into each other's markets.
Jan 19, 2023 • 42min
Fresh Start: Berkeley's Ayotte on Creditor-on-Creditor Violence
Berkeley Law professor Kenneth Ayotte discusses the way controversial out-of-court deals are influencing Chapter 11 transactions.
Jan 5, 2023 • 28min
Drinks With The Deal: Cynthia Cole Discusses In-House Practice, Evolution of Tech Transactions
Baker McKenzie IP and data privacy partner Cynthia Cole talks about her experiences as an in-house lawyer at tech companies and how the focus of her tech transactions practice has shifted to data.
Dec 15, 2022 • 26min
Behind the Buyouts: Thoma Bravo Returns to its Middle Market Roots
Partner Carl Press discusses the Thoma Bravo's Explore fund, its middle market playbook and the fund's symbiotic relationship with the Discover and Flagship funds.
