Podcasts
Drinks With The Deal: Chardan's Barudin Calls SPAC Market Normal
By Bill Meagher
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Published: March 27th, 2025
Managing director Guy Barudin of Chardan Capital Markets discusses how the investment bank has navigated the SPAC sector.
Insights & Analysis
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Drinks With The Deal: Fried Frank's Luftglass Talks Mentors, Delaware Law
By David Marcus
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Published: March 13th, 2025
Scott Luftglass, an M&A litigator and vice chairman of Fried Frank, talks about mentorship, how he developed a specialty in Delaware corporate litigation and the proposed changes to the state's corporate law.
M&A
Drinks With The Deal: Lazard's McMaster Talks Corporate Splits, Approach to Banking
By David Marcus
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Published: March 6th, 2025
Mark McMaster, the global head of M&A at Lazard, discusses his career as a banker and his work with several companies that have created significant value by breaking themselves up.
Activism
Activist Investing Today: Mansouri on 'Defensive Refreshes,' Independent Boards
By Ronald Orol
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Published: February 28th, 2025
Richard Mansouri, who recently joined Arkhouse, discusses the phenomenon of companies replacing problem directors only when activists show up and why board members often just aren't independent.
Podcasts
Drinks With The Deal: Hunton's Danon Talks Firm Culture, Associate Goals
By David Marcus
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Published: February 27th, 2025
Sam Danon, the managing partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, talks about the importance of firm culture, what associates want out of a law firm and how building his litigation practice helped him establish credibility as a manager.
Podcasts
Behind the Buyouts: Searchlight's Frey Unpacks Firm's Fiber Strategy
By Chris Nolter
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Published: February 24th, 2025
Searchlight Capital partner Andrew Frey discusses the firm's investment in Ziply, its preference for backing existing telephone companies over greenfield fiber and trends in telecom deals.
Podcasts
Behind the Buyouts: American Securities' Wolff on Industrials Rebound
By Nikitha Sattiraju
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Published: February 21st, 2025
American Securities president and managing director Scott Wolff dives into the firm's approach to investments and value creation, its specialty chemicals platforms and the industrial sector's slow recovery.
Activism
Activist Investing Today: Paul Weiss' Lu Talks Dual-Class, M&A, Multiple Insurgents
By Ronald Orol
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Published: February 20th, 2025
Carmen Lu, a partner focused on activism defense, discusses why one should never assume multiclass share companies are 'bulletproof' from activists, and she offers views on M&A and tech activism, plus white squire defenses.
M&A
Drinks With The Deal: Cleary's Gerstenzang Talks AI's Effect on Legal Practice
By David Marcus
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Published: February 13th, 2025
Michael Gerstenzang, managing partner at Cleary Gottlieb, believes generative AI will fundamentally change the practice of law.
