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Vestar's co-head of investments Nikhil Bhat discusses the firm's $1.2 billion continuation vehicle for Circana, its use of bilateral recaps and interest in route-based facility services.

Keith Gottfried of Gottfried Shareholder Advisory, an adviser to companies targeted by activists, discusses advance dissident nominee interviews, 13D rule changes, corralling retail votes and M&A committee settlements.

Vinson & Elkins co-head of M&A and capital markets Steve Gill talks about how the rise of energy PE has changed the Houston legal market and what he learned from advising Huntsman on its troubled deal with Apollo. 

In the most recent Drinks With The Deal podcast, Simpson Thacher M&A partner Michael Chao says that exposure to new businesses and legal issues makes the practice appealing to him and helps him be a better lawyer. 

Churchill managing director Anne Philpott discusses the firm's direct lending and PE strategies and expectations for M&A in 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. 

Top activism defense banker Pam Codo-Lotti, Global Chief Operating Officer of Activism and Shareholder Advisory at Goldman Sachs, discusses activism, divestitures, capital returns and other M&A topics.

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. 

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. Guest hosted by Bill Meagher, senior reporter.

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.