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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.

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Drinks With The Deal: Morgan Lewis' Suh on Father's Influence on Career

By David Marcus

Published: November 21st, 2024

Aaron Suh, an M&A and PE partner at Morgan Lewis and managing partner of the firm's Philadelphia office, discusses how he approached changing firms and cities and the deep influence his father has had on his approach to his career.

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Drinks With The Deal: King & Spalding's Townsend Talks Business Development

By David Marcus

Published: October 24th, 2024

Keith Townsend, an M&A partner at King & Spalding and co-head of its corporate practice, discusses how he developed business development skills as a young partner and how his firm thinks about its practice mix.

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Drinks With The Deal: Katten's Solomon on Family Office Evolution, Texas Economics

By David Marcus

Published: October 10th, 2024

Katten's Mark Solomon discusses the evolution of family offices over the past generation and how the Dallas economy has changed since he started practicing law in the city in 1985.

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Drinks With The Deal: Jones Day’s Lesnick on Reynolds Work, AI

By David Marcus

Published: September 12th, 2024

Randi Lesnick, co-chair of Jones Day's corporate practice, discusses key deals in her career and issues that AI raises both for law firms and for companies doing deals.

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Harvest Partners Sells Service Express to Warburg Pincus

By Sangita Shah

Published: August 23rd, 2024

Existing management of the data center services provider, led by CEO Ron Alvesteffer, will continue to lead the company.

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Deal Diary: Kirkland, Skadden, Simpson, Cravath Work Mars-Kellanova

By David Marcus

Published: August 15th, 2024

Mars taps Skadden and Simpson Thacher on a $36 billion agreement to buy Kellanova, which uses Kirkland and Goldman, while the target's board turns to Lazard and lending banks JPM and Citi use Cravath.

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Drinks With The Deal: Linklaters' Casey Talks Cross-Border M&A

By David Marcus

Published: August 15th, 2024

In the most recent episode of Drinks With The Deal, Linklaters global chairman of corporate George Casey discusses a 30-year career centered on cross-border M&A.

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Permira's Mimecast Adds On PE-Backed Code42

By Sunaina Agarwal

Published: August 1st, 2024

The human risk management platform adds the cybersecurity software company to enhance how organizations manage and mitigate human-centered security risks.

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

Drinks With The Deal: Morgan Lewis' Suh on Father's Influence on Career

Drinks With The Deal: King & Spalding's Townsend Talks Business Development

Drinks With The Deal: Katten's Solomon on Family Office Evolution, Texas Economics

Drinks With The Deal: Jones Day’s Lesnick on Reynolds Work, AI

Harvest Partners Sells Service Express to Warburg Pincus

Deal Diary: Kirkland, Skadden, Simpson, Cravath Work Mars-Kellanova

Drinks With The Deal: Linklaters' Casey Talks Cross-Border M&A

Permira's Mimecast Adds On PE-Backed Code42

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