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Podcasts

Drinks With The Deal: Cohen on Working for Cuomos, Perelman, Napster

By David Marcus

Published: February 15th, 2024

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.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: Brightstar's Weinberg on Generational Wealth Transfer

By Nikitha Sattiraju

Published: February 4th, 2025

Brightstar founder and CEO Andrew Weinberg discusses the firm's investment strategy for family- and founder-owned businesses and its focus on resilient industry verticals.

M&A

Motive Partners-Backed With Intelligence Acquires The Deal

By The Deal Staff

Published: February 4th, 2025

Epiris acquired The Deal, part of London- and New York-based Delinian, formerly known as Euromoney Institutional Investor, in 2022.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Davis Polk's Barr Discusses Compensation, Comcast

By David Marcus

Published: January 30th, 2025

Neil Barr, chair and managing partner of Davis Polk, talks about the logic behind the firm's 2020 change from lockstep compensation, his work for Comcast and why being a tax lawyer helped prepare him to run his firm.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: FEP's Esposito on Family-Owned Franchise Opportunities

By Nikitha Sattiraju

Published: January 17th, 2025

Franchise Equity Partners founder and co-managing partner Michael Esposito dives into the investment firm's growth since its launch in 2021; its investments in restaurants, residential services and the auto aftermarket; and M&A expectations for 2025.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Freshfields' Murti Talks Associate Years, Firm Change

By David Marcus

Published: January 16th, 2025

Sanjay Murti, an M&A partner at Freshfields in New York, discusses how he approached being an associate, the grueling year before making partner and his decision to lateral to Freshfields from Cravath.

Activism

Activist Investing Today: Anson's Gupta Talks TMT Sector Focus

By Ronald Orol

Published: January 15th, 2025

Sagar Gupta, who oversees Anson Funds' activism activities, discusses why sector specialization is vital for an activist, and he also talks about recent campaigns at Twilio, Globalstar and Lionsgate.

M&A

Aylward Joins Wells Fargo Amid Middle Market Push

By Ronald Orol

Published: January 14th, 2025

Former JPMorgan banker Justin Aylward will focus on deals involving smaller publicly traded companies, as well as family, founder or closely held company transactions.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Kramer Levin's Bessonette on Practice Mix, Herbert Smith Merger

By David Marcus

Published: December 19th, 2024

John Bessonette, a partner at Kramer Levin in New York, talks about how he developed a practice that includes both M&A and restructuring and his firm's pending merger with Herbert Smith Freehills.

Activism

Activist Investing Today: KPMG's Brown on ESG Activism, M&A, Trump

By Ronald Orol

Published: December 18th, 2024

Stephen Brown, senior adviser and managing director at KPMG's Board Leadership Center, covers a number of topics, including why he thinks there could be unintended consequences to new limits on activist shareholder proposals.