The Deal by S&P Global
The Deal by S&P Global 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 Reporter Steve Gelsi, Chief Reporter 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.
Episodes
390 episodes
Drinks With The Deal: Kirkland’s Lee Talks About Webtoon IPO, Changes in Legal Industry
Kirkland partner Ed Lee discusses his pride in helping take the media and technology company Webtoon public and how the legal industry has evolved over his career.
Activist Investing Today: Foo Talks Vetting Directors for All Shareholders
Forward Risk co-founder Brendan Foo dismisses assertions that business intelligence advisers to activists are knocking on doors in an aggressive way.
Drinks With The Deal: Alisa Levin on Legal Recruiting and What Makes for Successful Lateral Hiring
In this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast, Greene-Levin-Snyder's Alisa Levin discusses her career as a legal recruiter and how lawyers and law firms should think about the market for lateral talent.
Drinks With The Deal: Latham’s Bekheit on Lessons Learned From In-House Stint
On the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Mark Bekheit, the global vice chair of M&A at Latham & Watkins, discusses how his brief time as an in-house lawyer at Sandisk was pivotal both for client development and perspective on hi...
Activist Investing Today: Nardello Digs Up Dirt on Boards, Activists
Dan Nardello, the founder of business intelligence firm Nardello & Co., talks about resume inconsistencies, credit card and corporate jet abuse, and vetting directors in the MeToo era amid activist campaigns.
Behind the Buyouts: Stride's Berg on Backing Passion Brands
Stride Consumer's partner Steve Berg discusses the firm's investment strategy and the state of consumer M&A in 2024.
Drinks With The Deal: Covington’s Freling On Government Contracts, M&A
In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Scott Freling, the vice chair of government contracts at Covington & Burling, talks about the practice and its intersection with M&A and PE.
Behind the Buyouts: Vestar's Bhat on Continuation Funds, Bilateral Recaps
Vestar's co-head of investments Nikhil Bhat discusses the firm's $1.2 billion continuation vehicle for Circana, its use of bilateral recaps and interest in route-based facility services.
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.
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.
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.
Behind the Buyouts: Churchill's Philpott on Private Credit Boom
Churchill managing director Anne Philpott discusses the firm's direct lending and PE strategies and expectations for M&A in 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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 repo...
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.
Drinks With the Deal: Wachtell’s Kling Talks Career Progression, Parenthood
In the latest episode of Drinks With The Deal, Wachtell’s Jake Kling talks about milestone deals for him, what he learned from his clerkship and how becoming a parent changed his view of being a lawyer.
Behind the Buyouts: Lincolnshire's Nacier on Business Services
Lincolnshire principal Matt Nacier discusses the firm's interest and investments in business services, including facility services, an increase in M&A opportunities in 2024 and more.
Drinks With The Deal: Cadence's Stone on Marine Corps Lessons
On this week’s episode of Drinks With The Deal, Ryan Stone, a corporate development professional at Cadence Design Systems, discusses how an early stint in the Marine Corps helped shape his career.
Activist Investing Today: Wachtell’s Tetelbaum Talks NDAs
Elina Tetelbaum, a Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz activist defense partner, takes AIT behind the scenes to explain how companies and activists negotiate confidentiality agreements, as well as the trading and campaigning restrictions they typi...
Drinks With The Deal Podcast: Cohen on Working for Cuomos, Perelman, Napster
In this week’s Drinks With The Deal, Steve Cohen talks about his varied legal career, in which he’s been the GC at Ron Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes and worked for New York governors Mario and Andrew Cuomo.
Drinks With The Deal: Weil’s Machera on Lessons From Early Career
On this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast, Chris Machera, the co-head of PE at Weil, discusses how early jobs in restaurants and as a paralegal were great training for life as a lawyer.
