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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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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.

Dec 15, 2022 • 31min
Drinks With The Deal: Hogan's Bonser on REITs, Nurturing Younger Lawyers
David Bonser, co-head of corporate and head of the REIT practice at Hogan Lovells, discusses the development of his practice and how he applies those lessons in managing younger lawyers.

Dec 8, 2022 • 28min
Activist Investing Today: Saur on Peltz, Disney, Icahn, M&A
Matt Saur, one of the founding partners of law firm Woolery, explains why Nelson Peltz faces an uphill battle at Disney, what it was like working with Carl Icahn on his Xerox campaign and why activists will continue to push for M&A.

Dec 1, 2022 • 28min
Drinks With The Deal: Davis Polk's David Hahn Talks Evolution of Financing
David Hahn, a finance partner at Davis Polk, discusses the current state of the finance markets and the evolution they've seen in recent years in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Nov 18, 2022 • 14min
Fresh Start: MACCO's Bonjour on Crypto Chapter 11s, Part Two
Pablo Bonjour, former financial adviser to Cred, returns with his thoughts on the Chapter 11 filing of FTX on the latest episode of Fresh Start.

Nov 14, 2022 • 53min
Fresh Start: Macco's Bonjour on Crypto Chapter 11 Cases
Pablo Bonjour, former financial adviser to Cred, discusses lessons learned from the case as well as the Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies on the latest episode of Fresh Start.


