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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

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

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.

Podcasts

Drinks With The Deal: Cravath's Perkins Discusses Military Service

By David Marcus

Published: December 5th, 2024

Dave Perkins, the co-head of PE at Cravath, talks about being called up from the U.S. Army Reserve to serve in Afghanistan as a young associate and how he approached building a PE practice at his law firm.

M&A

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.

Insights & Analysis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drinks With The Deal: Cravath's Perkins Discusses Military Service

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

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