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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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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.
Aug 7, 2025 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal: Holland & Knight's August on Advising Growth Companies
Adam August, a partner at Holland & Knight, specializes in M&A and government contracts for growth companies. He dives into how his JD/MBA enhanced his legal practice and discusses the lessons learned from his bankruptcy clerkship, which inform his M&A advisory work. Adam shares insights on the regulatory nuances of government contracts and highlights his approach to building long-term client relationships. He also reflects on pivotal transactions like the $1.3B Azure Summit sale and shares his strategies for maintaining work-life balance through tennis and downtime.
Jul 29, 2025 • 23min
Activist Investing Today: Kobre's Kim on Samsung, Chaebols, Browder
Kobre & Kim co-founder Michael Kim explains why the environment for activist investing in South Korea is improving, despite structural restrictions, and he discusses his work advising Putin critic Bill Browder.
Jul 24, 2025 • 25min
Behind The Buyouts: Houlihan's Abelow On PE Resilience in 2025
Justin Abelow, managing director in Houlihan Lokey's financial sponsors group, discusses PE's resilience in navigating a challenging M&A environment and the alternate structures firms are pursuing for liquidity.
Jul 21, 2025 • 17min
Behind the Buyouts: Schroders Capital's Knox on Evolving GP Landscape
Schroders Capital's senior investment director of private equity Jeremy Knox discusses the growth in continuation funds in a tough exit environment, as well as the firm's interest in asset-light services businesses as a co-investor.
Jul 17, 2025 • 39min
Drinks With The Deal: Wachtell's Kirman, Tetelbaum Discuss Mentorship
Wachtell M&A partners Igor Kirman and Lina Tetelbaum discuss the evolution of their mentor-protege relationship over the past 15 years and how it's enriched their practices and their lives.
