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V&E's Lande Spottswood discussed the energy sector's recent evolution and the implications for both private equity and strategic buyers on the latest Drinks With The Deal podcast. 

Ethan Klingsberg, head of U.S. corporate and M&A at Freshfields, discussed the pressures that increased antitrust scrutiny has put on dealmaking and how companies can respond during the latest Drinks With The Deal podcast. 

Lovell Minnick's Steve Pierson says smaller, more nimble financial tech companies have driven large financial institutions to hire, acquire or partner with them to boost growth and innovation in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

Cleary Gottlieb's Jim Langston discussed how companies are responding to more vigorous antitrust enforcement during the latest Drinks With The Deal podcast. 

Rene Stewart, Co-head of Vista Equity Partners’ Endeavor Fund, talks about how the fund finds high quality businesses, navigates frothy markets and helps scale businesses through operational support in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

On this week’s Fresh Start podcast, UC Hastings Law professor Jared Ellias discusses his new paper, which quantifies a trend gaining increasing attention, the increase in corporate directors with bankruptcy experience on the boards of companies entering Chapter 11.

M&A lawyer Alec Dawson, of Morgan Lewis, discusses the opportunities and challenges in the SPAC market and the difficulties of doing deals remotely on this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Kilometre Music Group CEO Michael McCarty and Apex Fund Services' John Bohan say PE firms remain keen on acquiring music royalties, with an eye on subscription revenue from music streaming services in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

Caley Horan, a history professor at MIT, and Dan Bouk, who teaches at Colgate, discussed their work on the history of life insurance in the U.S. 20th century and its implications for today on the latest episode of the podcast. 

Vyacheslav Fos, a professor in Boston College's finance department, discussed his new paper on shareholder record dates and findings that corporations can disclose such dates in ways that leave retail investors and some sophisticated shareholders in the dark.

Jonathan Levy, University of Chicago professor and author of the new book 'Ages of American Capitalism,' discussed the influence of the 2008 financial crisis on his work, the role of the factory in the American imagination, Herman Melville's insight into American economic life and his love for the city of Houston on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.  

Sun Capital co-founder and co-CEO Marc Leder said the firm focuses on opportunistic deals with companies facing challenges rather than pristine targets that need little operational input in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

Destin Jenkins, a history professor at the University of Chicago, discussed his new book 'The Bonds of Inequality,' and how San Francisco's municipal bond market was used for more than four decades to advantage whites at the expense of blacks and the city’s Asian-American community.

Nell Minow, vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors, a former activist investor and ex-president of Institutional Shareholder Services, explains why insurgent fund managers no longer must resemble the corporate raider-type character portrayed in 'Wall Street' when considering director contests. 

David Magdol, president and chief investment officer at business development company Main Street Capital, talks about his view of the economy through the lens of 174 portfolio companies in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

David Makarechian, who heads the emerging technologies group and the northern California corporate department at O’Melveny & Myers, compares today's tech market with that of the late 1990s and discusses his work with Silicon Catalyst and his love of Singapore street food on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.  

Paul Rose, associate dean for strategic initiatives at Ohio State University, talked about his new study on the relationship between big investors and proxy advisers as well as his view that the activist investment movement wouldn’t exist in its current form without the help of proxy advisers.

TJ Maloney, CEO of middle market PE shop Lincolnshire, tackles myth versus reality on private equity as job killers or creators in the latest episode of the Behind The Buyouts podcast.

Ann Beth Stebbins, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, discusses her work with Gucci, Westfield and Apax; her thoughts about building and strengthening client relationships; and her deep ties to Georgetown on this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.  

Winston Song, the managing director and co-head of the consumer group at New York-based private equity firm Vestar Capital, talks about his role in the better-for-you foods business.

Julie Cohn, author of a leading history of the electricity grid, discusses the February power outages in Texas as well as how the grid might change in this week's Drinks With The Deal. 

David Carpenter, the co-head of Mayer Brown's New York corporate and securities practice, talks about his work for Nestle, his love of wine and his involvement with SommTV is the latest episode of the podcast. 

On the latest episode of the Activist Investing Today podcast, Bruce Freed, the co-founder and president of the Center for Political Accountability, discusses the growth in support for shareholder proposals urging corporations to disclose election-related spending – and he explains why companies that don’t disclose payments face political risk.

Duane Morris finance partner Anastasia Kaup talks about her practice, her work with the firm's diversity and inclusion committee, the importance of mentoring and her enjoyment of Krav Maga in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.

Christopher Phillips, a history professor at Carnegie Mellon, discusses his book Scouting and Scoring, on the long history of talent evaluation and data usage in major league baseball in this week's Drinks With The Deal podcast.