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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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.
Feb 17, 2022 • 24min
Drinks With The Deal: Kirkland's Eric Wedel
Kirkland debt finance partner Eric Wedel discusses the evolution of the practice and how the emergence of capital markets desks at PE sponsors have changed it in this week's podcast.
Feb 11, 2022 • 25min
Activist Investing Today: Katz Says 13D Change ‘Won’t Put Activists Out of Business'
Wachtell Lipton’s David Katz, a top corporate defender, explains why he is excited that the nation’s securities regulator just issued new tougher transparency rules for activists.
Feb 3, 2022 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal: Katten's Kimberly Smith
Kimberly Smith, head of Katten's corporate department, discusses the current state of middle-market dealmaking, her work with family offices and increased regulatory scrutiny of even smaller deals.
Jan 20, 2022 • 18min
Drinks With The Deal: Sidley's Justin Savage
Justin Savage, co-head of the environmental and automotive and mobility groups at Sidley Austin, discusses his unconventional path to law firm practice, what he learned at the DOJ and how he talks to boards and management teams about environmental issues.
Jan 11, 2022 • 36min
Behind the Buyouts: Blackstone's Chung and Morrell Talk Spanx
Ann Chung and Kelley Morrell, managing directors at Blackstone, take a deep dive into the firm's stake in the popular shapewear brand Spanx, the private equity giant's approach to investments and more.
