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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 

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