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Activist Investing Today: Gottfried Talks Dissident Vetting Bylaws, M&A Panels

Published: May 16th, 2024

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.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: V&E’s Gill on Evolution of Houston Legal Market

By David Marcus

Published: May 9th, 2024

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.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Simpson’s Chao on Intellectual Appeal of M&A

By David Marcus

Published: May 2nd, 2024

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.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: Churchill's Philpott on Private Credit Boom

By Nikitha Sattiraju

Published: April 23rd, 2024

Churchill managing director Anne Philpott discusses the firm's direct lending and PE strategies and expectations for M&A in 2024.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Skadden’s Kim on Translator Work, Making Partner During Pandemic

By David Marcus

Published: April 18th, 2024

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.

Activism

Activist Investing Today: Goldman’s Codo-Lotti Talks SpinCo, Buybacks, M&A

By Ronald Orol

Published: April 15th, 2024

Top activism defense banker Pam Codo-Lotti discusses activism, divestitures, capital returns and other M&A topics.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Sullivan & Cromwell’s Wu on Navigating to Partnership

By David Marcus

Published: April 4th, 2024

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.

Podcasts

Drinks With The Deal: Sidley's DuClos on SPACs

By Bill Meagher

Published: March 27th, 2024

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.

M&A

Review: Thinking Through Contract Drafting

By David Marcus

Published: March 25th, 2024

In their new book 'Deals,' Stanford’s Mike Klausner and Harvard’s Guhan Subramanian offer a theoretical framework for thinking about how to write corporate contracts.

Insights & Analysis

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Activist Investing Today: Gottfried Talks Dissident Vetting Bylaws, M&A Panels

Drinks With The Deal: V&E’s Gill on Evolution of Houston Legal Market

Drinks With The Deal: Simpson’s Chao on Intellectual Appeal of M&A

Behind the Buyouts: Churchill's Philpott on Private Credit Boom

Drinks With The Deal: Skadden’s Kim on Translator Work, Making Partner During Pandemic

Activist Investing Today: Goldman’s Codo-Lotti Talks SpinCo, Buybacks, M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Sullivan & Cromwell’s Wu on Navigating to Partnership

Drinks With The Deal: Sidley's DuClos on SPACs

Review: Thinking Through Contract Drafting

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