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Goodmans partner Jonathan Feldman explains why activists have advantages when targeting Canadian companies, and he offers views on Starboard’s unusual investment in a Canadian company.
Austin Lee, an energy M&A partner at Bracewell in Houston, discusses being a landman, the difference between working in-house and at a law firm, and energy transition.
FTV Capital's Managing Partner Brad Bernstein talks about disintermediating traditional financial services, "value-add envy" and the firm's 25th anniversary.
Wachtell's Ryan McLeod talks about clerking for Bill Chandler, working as a litigator in Delaware and the most important corporate law issues facing the state's courts.
Davies, Ward partner Patricia Olasker discussed why a bifurcated U.S. legal advice system may change, why so few women work on M&A and activism and how that may change.
The shareholder activism defense leader at Ernst & Young explains why ESG proponents and second tier activists may be reticent to launch director contests, while brand name insurgents can ‘weather the storm.’
Jonathan Levitsky, an M&A and PE partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, discussed clerking on the Supreme Court, working on the Kosovo peace accords and transitioning to an M&A and PE practice.
In the most recent Drinks With The Deal, Jim Kennedy, an M&A partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discussed recent Delaware decisions on restrictive covenants.
Author Matt Garcia discusses his new biography of Eli Black, a midcentury CEO whose efforts at corporate social responsibility ended in tragedy.
Donna Anderson, chief of corporate governance for asset manager T. Rowe Price, explains why it will speak publicly about certain deals and why companies facing activists might want to think about visiting her before traveling to see a nearby proxy adviser.
Stephanie McCann, a finance partner at McDermott Will & Emery, talks about her path into the practice and what she's seeing in the market now on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.
On the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Cleary Gottlieb's Chris Moore talks about the effect of SVB's demise on Silicon Valley, recent changes in how PE sponsors are funding deals and the possible effect of ChatGPT on legal practice.
Freshfields' Jenny Hochenberg discusses her unusual path to becoming an M&A lawyer, the challenges of being a young partner and managing the intensity of the job on the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast.
On the latest episode of Fresh Start, CohnReznick LLP’s Taylor Sherman and The Deal’s own Bill Meagher discussed distress among companies that merged with SPACs.
Lauren Gojkovich, who switched sides to advise activists at LDG Advisory, discusses prospects for 'activated' historically passive institutions and why the universal card in contests could reduce proxy adviser influence.
On the most recent Drinks With The Deal, Skadden M&A partner Sonia Nijjar discussed her work on the sale of Bear Stearns, her transition to a tech M&A practice and advising Activision and Elon Musk last year.
ZMH Advisors' Waheed Hassan, who has advised on major proxy contests at Huntsman, U.S. Foods and LivePerson, discussed activist director recruitment, Masimo's now removed bylaws and Nelson Peltz vs. Disney.
Amy O'Keefe, an M&A and PE partner at Nixon Peabody in Boston, discussed the rewards and challenges of advising founders on the sales of their companies on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.
Baker McKenzie partner Aarthi Belani, AbbVie head of immunology business development and acquisitions Rachel Strick, Flare Capital Partners co-founder Michael Greeley and Patient Square Capital founding partner Neel Varshney share their insights on M&A trends in the healthech and biotech sectors for the third episode of the Talking M&A podcast.
Rezwan Pavri, a securities and M&A partner at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, talks about balancing the two practices and the challenges his clients are facing in the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast.
U.K. based attorneys Tom Matthews and Sonica Tolani of White & Case, who advise both activists and companies, explains why they are seeing a trend of insurgent managers partnering with PE to try to buy companies they previously targeted with agitation campaigns.
Nicole Macarchuk's career as a PE lawyer in-house and at law firms has paralleled the evolution of the asset management industry as PE sponsors, hedge funds and credit funds have increasingly crossed into each other's markets.
Berkeley Law professor Kenneth Ayotte discusses the way controversial out-of-court deals are influencing Chapter 11 transactions.
Baker McKenzie IP and data privacy partner Cynthia Cole talks about her experiences as an in-house lawyer at tech companies and how the focus of her tech transactions practice has shifted to data.
Partner Carl Press discusses the Thoma Bravo's Explore fund, its middle market playbook and the fund's symbiotic relationship with the Discover and Flagship funds.
David Bonser, co-head of corporate and head of the REIT practice at Hogan Lovells, discusses the development of his practice and how he applies those lessons in managing younger lawyers.
Matt Saur, one of the founding partners of law firm Woolery, explains why Nelson Peltz faces an uphill battle at Disney, what it was like working with Carl Icahn on his Xerox campaign and why activists will continue to push for M&A.
David Hahn, a finance partner at Davis Polk, discusses the current state of the finance markets and the evolution they've seen in recent years in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.
Pablo Bonjour, former financial adviser to Cred, returns with his thoughts on the Chapter 11 filing of FTX on the latest episode of Fresh Start.
Pablo Bonjour, former financial adviser to Cred, discusses lessons learned from the case as well as the Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies on the latest episode of Fresh Start.
