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Julie Jones explains why the Sungard buyout was critical for her career, how she approaches firm management and what she's learned from colleagues and business leaders along the way. 

Paul Hastings activist defense adviser Sean Donahue discusses nontraditional activist campaigns seeking to oust directors in uncontested elections, at special meetings and via written consent solicitations.

Willkie's PK Paran discusses moving to New York from London in 2019, changing law firms two years later and insurance industry M&A. 

Kirkland partner Ed Lee discusses his pride in helping take the media and technology company Webtoon public and how the legal industry has evolved over his career. 

Forward Risk co-founder Brendan Foo dismisses assertions that business intelligence advisers to activists are knocking on doors in an aggressive way.

In this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast, Greene-Levin-Snyder's Alisa Levin discusses her career as a legal recruiter and how lawyers and law firms should think about the market for lateral talent. 

On the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Mark Bekheit, the global vice chair of M&A at Latham & Watkins, discusses how his brief time as an in-house lawyer at Sandisk was pivotal both for client development and perspective on his career.

Dan Nardello, the founder of business intelligence firm Nardello & Co., talks about resume inconsistencies, credit card and corporate jet abuse, and vetting directors in the MeToo era amid activist campaigns. 

Stride Consumer's partner Steve Berg discusses the firm's investment strategy and the state of consumer M&A in 2024.

In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Scott Freling, the vice chair of government contracts at Covington & Burling, talks about the practice and its intersection with M&A and PE.