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Podcasts

Drinks With The Deal: Cohen on Working for Cuomos, Perelman, Napster

By David Marcus

Published: February 15th, 2024

In this week’s Drinks With The Deal, Steve Cohen talks about his varied legal career, in which he’s been the GC at Ron Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes and worked for New York governors Mario and Andrew Cuomo.

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.

Activism

Activist Investing Today: Levin Talks Tesla, Musk, Delaware, Votes

By Ronald Orol

Published: March 15th, 2024

Activist investor and adviser Michael Levin explains how he's seeking to strengthen a Delaware settlement to require a binding pay vote at the electric car maker, and he talks Tesla reincorporation and more.

Private Cos.

Save the Money for the Company: Standardizing VC Contracts

By David Marcus

Published: March 15th, 2024

In a recent paper, Stanford’s Robert Bartlett finds that early-stage VC documents have become far more standardized since 2003 while capital structures have become more complex.

M&A

Drinks With the Deal: Wachtell’s Kling Talks Career Progression, Parenthood

By David Marcus

Published: March 14th, 2024

In the latest episode of Drinks With The Deal, Wachtell’s Jake Kling talks about milestone deals for him, what he learned from his clerkship and how becoming a parent changed his view of being a lawyer.