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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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May 12, 2022 • 19min
Activist Investing Today: Alexander Talks Stakeholders and Twitter
The latest Activist Investing Today podcast interviewed Shareholder Commons’ Rick Alexander about why he thinks Twitter shareholders should demand that the social media giant set up an independent oversight trust as they evaluate Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition. Alexander tells AIT he doesn't expect regulators or shareholders will stop the deal from happening, but he thinks investors shouldn't accept a traditional deal closing because of what he calls the implications of the transaction on "the public square."
May 5, 2022 • 22min
Drinks With The Deal: Fried Frank’s Jantzi and Schoenhard on Auto IP and More
Nicole Jantzi and Paul Schoenhard, IP partners at Fried Frank, discuss the increased importance of patents in the automotive sector as well as the companies' desire for a broad IP strategy in this week's podcast.
Apr 21, 2022 • 19min
Drinks With The Deal: Sullivan's Matt Goodman
Matt Goodman, an M&A partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, talks about the transition from associate to partner in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.
Apr 8, 2022 • 24min
Activist Investing Today: Schulte’s Klein Talks Musk, SEC, ESG
Ele Klein, the chief of Schulte's shareholder activism group, explains why he believes ‘there was clearly something wrong’ with Elon Musk’s initial disclosure of a big Twitter investment.
Apr 7, 2022 • 17min
Drinks With The Deal: Carolyn Vardi of Ropes & Gray
Carolyn Vardi, head of the PE industry practice group at Ropes & Gray, talks about the current state of PE and the challenges and opportunities of a more fluid market for legal talent.
Mar 24, 2022 • 28min
Drinks With The Deal: Fenwick's Ken Myers
Fenwick & West M&A partner Ken Myers talks about the influence his mentor Alexandra Korry had on him, the challenges of being in a two-lawyer couple and how he approaches legal technology.
Mar 22, 2022 • 46min
Behind The Buyouts: Monogram's Stein
Monogram Capital co-founder and partner Jared Stein talks about finding upstart consumer brands, the firm's investment criteria and cutting through the noise to find long-term trends.
Mar 11, 2022 • 18min
Activist Investing Today: Arkhouse’s Kahane Seeks Multiple Roads to Success
Gavriel Kahane, co-founder of the real estate-focused private equity firm Arkhouse Partners, talks about activism within a market that is experiencing 'rapacious private demand.'
Mar 8, 2022 • 37min
Drinks With The Deal: Author Carolyn Chen
UC Berkeley professor Carolyn Chen discusses her new book 'Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley,' in which she argues that companies have replaced religious institutions as sources of meaning and identity for white-collar Americans.
Feb 18, 2022 • 24min
Activist Investing Today: Lazard’s Jim Rossman
Lazard’s Jim Rossman, a top corporate defender and banker, explains why a new disclosure rule is a 'big win' for companies while changes to proxy contest rules will open the floodgates to activists nominating director candidates.
