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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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Mar 31, 2021 • 24min
Drinks With The Deal: Author Christopher Phillips
Christopher Phillips, a history professor at Carnegie Mellon, discusses his book Scouting and Scoring, on the long history of talent evaluation and data usage in major league baseball in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Mar 31, 2021 • 25min
Behind the Buyouts: Josh Fabian Wins Funding for Metafy and Eyes Challenge of Black Entrepreneurship
Josh Fabian, an African American entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Metafy Inc., says Covid fueled interest in his business that turns esports stars into coaches, while the Black Lives Matter movement stoked investor efforts to fund African American entrepreneurs in this week's Behind The Buyouts podcast episode.

Mar 25, 2021 • 28min
Drinks With The Deal: Authors of The Caesars Palace Coup
Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap, authors of a new book detailing the vicious, protracted Caesars restructuring, discuss the historic case in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Mar 11, 2021 • 20min
Drinks With The Deal: Jones Day's Vica Irani
The market in Europe has held up surprisingly well over the last year, Vica Irani, head of EMEA M&A at Jones Day, said on the latest episode of the Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Mar 5, 2021 • 24min
Activist Investing Today: Ancora’s Chadwick on Kohls, Forward Air
Ancora’s James Chadwick, head of alternative investments, discussed why retailers should consider sale-lease backs and how ex-CFOs and founders can help drive an activist campaign, on the latest episode of the Activist Investing Today podcast.

Mar 4, 2021 • 23min
Women In Dealmaking with Germaine Gurr and Peter Wexler
White & Case M&A partner Germain Gurr and Peter Wexler, of long-time client Schneider Electric, sit down with The Deal to talk dealmaking, her life-long pursuit of improved opportunities for women and Latin Americans in law, and more. Sponsored.

Mar 4, 2021 • 23min
Drinks With The Deal Podcast: Gunderson's John Olson
John Olson, partner at San Francisco-based Gunderson Dettmer, discussed the appeal of SPACs for technology companies and the continued prominence of Silicon Valley as a tech center in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Mar 3, 2021 • 25min
Behind the Buyouts: 3i Goes the Distance For Proprietary M&A Deals
In the latest episode of Behind the Buyouts, 3i Group dealmaker Andrew Olinick says the U.S. buyout market is big enough to find companies to purchase outside of traditional sales processes, but it takes time.

Feb 18, 2021 • 29min
Drinks With The Deal: Hunton's Steven Haas
Steven Haas, the co-head of M&A at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discusses what he learned from working for Travis Laster, the state of Delaware law on officer liability, MAE clauses and ordinary course covenants and why he enjoys teaching M&A at the University of Richmond in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Feb 12, 2021 • 32min
Activist Investing Today: Coast’s Rasteh on ESG Activism, Gold Miners
James Rasteh, the founder of the sometimes activist fund Coast Capital, offered up a new strategy for environmental activists, and reasons he thinks the Canadian gold mining sector is ripe for consolidation and ESG efforts, on the latest episode of the Activist Investing Today podcast.


