The Deal

The Deal
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May 16, 2024 • 30min

Activist Investing Today: Gottfried Talks Dissident Vetting Bylaws, M&A Panels

Keith Gottfried of Gottfried Shareholder Advisory, an adviser to companies targeted by activists, discusses advance dissident nominee interviews, 13D rule changes, corralling retail votes and M&A committee settlements.
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May 9, 2024 • 30min

Drinks With The Deal: V&E’s Gill on Evolution of Houston Legal Market

Vinson & Elkins co-head of M&A and capital markets Steve Gill talks about how the rise of energy PE has changed the Houston legal market and what he learned from advising Huntsman on its troubled deal with Apollo. 
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May 2, 2024 • 19min

Drinks With The Deal: Simpson’s Michael Chao on Intellectual Appeal of M&A

In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Simpson Thacher M&A partner Michael Chao says that exposure to new businesses and legal issues makes the practice appealing to him and helps him be a better lawyer. 
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Apr 23, 2024 • 21min

Behind the Buyouts: Churchill's Philpott on Private Credit Boom

Anne Philpott, managing director at Churchill, discusses private credit and PE strategies. Topics include comprehensive capital solutions, investment strategies in HVAC services, private credit market trends, and advantages of scaled players in the market.
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Apr 18, 2024 • 22min

Drinks With The Deal: Skadden’s Kim On Working as a Translator, Managing Up and Making Partner in the Pandemic

In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Skadden M&A partner Do Kim discusses working as a translator between college and law school, how she approaches managing associates and making partner at the start of the pandemic. 
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Apr 15, 2024 • 19min

Activist Investing Today: Goldman’s Codo-Lotti Talks SpinCo, Buybacks, M&A

Top activism defense banker Pam Codo-Lotti, Global Chief Operating Officer of Activism and Shareholder Advisory at Goldman Sachs, discusses activism, divestitures, capital returns and other M&A topics.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 21min

Drinks With The Deal: Sullivan & Cromwell’s Wu on Navigating to Partnership

Mimi Wu talks about signing up two big deals in her last months as an associate, her affinity for distressed M&A and how getting an M.B.A. along with a J.D. has helped her as a lawyer. 
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Mar 27, 2024 • 47min

Drinks With The Deal: Sidley's DuClos on SPACs

Sidley Austin's Josh DuClos offers his thoughts on the new SEC regulations for SPACs, the larger economy and market as well as the historic role that private equity firms have played in the SPAC sector. Guest hosted by Bill Meagher, senior reporter.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 26min

Activist Investing Today: Levin Talks Tesla, Musk, Delaware, Votes

Activist investor and adviser Michael Levin explains how he's seeking to strengthen a Delaware settlement to require a binding pay vote at the electric car maker, and he talks Tesla reincorporation and more.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 29min

Drinks With the Deal: Wachtell’s Kling Talks Career Progression, Parenthood

Jake Kling, Wachtell attorney, shares insights on career progression in M&A law, contrasting case reading approaches as clerk vs. litigation, navigating growth as a young associate, reflecting on memorable deals as a partner, and transitioning to partner while balancing parenting.

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