Dealcast: The M&A Podcast
Episodes
FDI screening regimes tightening in Europe
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
SPACs conflicts of interest and IPO Activity in the Americas
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
The European SPACs boom and SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor provides a six-month view of global and regional M&A activity and a wealth of actionable market intell...
Conference coverage: Tulane Law School's virtual conference
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
Dissent involving Cayman incorporated Chinese companies taken private from US exchanges
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
Where ESG fits into shareholder activism
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street had a banner 2020, with record indices across the board. Will Financial Services M&A follow suit?Download our brief – Financials Ser...
Key Chinese regulatory approval for Cisco's acquisition of Acacia
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
US antitrust and merger control outlook under President Biden
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
M&A Outlook 2021
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street had a banner 2020, with record indices across the board. Will Financial Services M&A follow suit? Download our brief – Financials Se...
Top tech M&A trends for 2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve made it easier to go from selling to sold.Our easy-to-use M&A Checklist drawn from more than 20 years of VDR experience ensures you have e...
8: Tipping Point: Deal Terms
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seyfarth’s Paul Pryzant and SRS Acquiom's Chris Letang join Tom Cane to discuss how the shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s M&A market this y...
7: Dealcast: Covid-19 and healthcare M&A
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No sector is closer than healthcare to the front-lines of the covid-19 pandemic. Not only is the pandemic shaking up businesses in the sector, it is c...
6: Tipping Point: Learning Good Habits in Bad Times
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US asset and wealth management M&A saw a significant uptick before the coronavirus pandemic, fueled in part by aging registered investment advisor...
5: Tipping Point: COVID-19’s impact on M&A
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Curtin, Hogan Lovell’s global head of mergers and acquisitions, recently joined Mergermarket managing editor Tom Cane to discuss the impact of ...
3: Dealcast: LatAm M&A Policy Wrap
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode Mergermarket’s Latin America editor Thiago Barrozo talks with Stephen Marks, Managing Partner of Miami-based investment and ...
2: Dealcast: Activism trends in 2020
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dealcast is a podcast covering M&A, ECM, shareholder activism and other corporate activity.As activist investors broaden their scope and adjust th...
1: Tipping Point - Shareholder Activism: Shift to bigger, healthier targets
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a conversation with host Tom Cane, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Keith Gottfried and Acuris’ Ed Mullane tell the story of North American sh...
13: Dealcast: Vertical farming grows up
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Could tomorrow’s groceries come from a lab? Today’s vertical-farming startups aim to grow food in tightly controlled indoor stacks, solving a host...
12: Dealcast: Allergan reaction
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The European Commission (EC) is reviewing AbbVie’s [NYSE:ABBV] proposed acquisition of Botox producer Allergan [NYSE:AGN]. The merging parties have ...
11: Dealcast: KKR’s play for Axel Springer
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
German media conglomerate Axel Springer [ETR:SPR] has caught the eye of KKR [NYSE:KKR]. With Axel Springer’s founding family supporting its bid, KKR...
10: Dealreporter Asia: AGL Energy's offer for Vocus, Healius' investing in Japan and Kuyushu Railway Co's AGM
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekly edition of Dealreporter Asia Pacific’s podcast, Anette Jönsson and Ed Vinales discuss key deals and developments relevant to Asia ev...
9: Dealcast Asia: Melco buys Crown stake, Qunar's surprise ruling
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this weekly edition of Dealreporter Asia Pacific’s podcast, Stephanie Hanna and Anette Jönsson discuss key developments on several Asian situati...
8: Dealcast: Tech listings go awry
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wobbly tech-sector IPOs, including those of Uber [NYSE:UBER] and Finablr [LON:FIN], have dampened the mood for ECM. Dealreporter ECM editor Gustav San...
7: Dealcast Asia: SAMR leadership change, the latest on Lynas and upcoming deals
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural edition of Dealreporter Asia Pacific’s podcast, Stephanie Hanna and Ed Vinales discuss the appointment of a new head of China’s ...
6: Dealcast: The case for European telecoms M&A
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With European telecoms attracting takeover attention, Dealreporter editor Heba Abdelrahman and Mergermarket journalist Amy-Jo Crowley joined us to tal...
4: Shareholder activism and private equity
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Activist investors are adapting their strategy to the top of the business cycle. Activistmonitor assistant editor William Mace and William Cain, who w...
3: Lundbeck ready to make acquisitions
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck [CPH: LUN] is poised for a run of M&A to replenish its drug pipeline. We caught up with our Nordics reporte...
2: Apollo/RPC faces possible rival bid from Berry
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just when Apollo seemed poised to take over plastics company RPC, Berry Global emerged as a possible rival bidder. Deane McRobie interviews Mergermark...
1: A look back at UK M&A in 2018, and 2019 predictions
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode, hosted by Deane McRobie, features EMEA research editor at Mergermarket, Jonathan Klonowski, and Mergermarket private-equity repor...
Dealcast: Linde Praxair
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two years after talks began, Linde and Praxair are still trying to secure regulatory clearance for their merger. Chinese approval is due within weeks,...
Dealcast: Vodafone, Elliott and Liberty Global
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vodafone has had quite the year, announcing a deal with Liberty Global for its Eastern European assets, while reportedly also having caught the eye of...
Dealcast: Activism in Europe
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No one is safe from activist investors, or so Elliott Advisors would have European companies believe. The US-based fund was recently revealed to have ...
Dealcast: Craft Beer
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The unstoppable trend of craft beer has seen major brewers - such as Heineken, Kirin and AB InBev - muscle in on the action. But getting in to bed w...
Dealcast: European M&A With Greenhill
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Dealcast¸ the exceptional M&A cycle is discussed with Greenhill’s UK head, Pieter-Jan Bouten. Mega deals are set to continue ...
Dealcast Aston Martin IPO 21 June 2018
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Famed for its association with James Bond, the luxury British car-maker Aston Martin is eyeing a London listing later this year. The owners are repo...
Dealcast Smiths Group Fortum Uniper 6 June 2018
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Long-rumoured break-up candidate Smiths Group recently confirmed talks about combining its medical division with ICU Medical. Could it be the trigger ...
Dealcast European Banking Barclays Virgin Money Clydesdale
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
European banking deals are the discussed this week. Barclays' rumoured tie-up with Standard Chartered is making headlines, while Clydesdale has just o...
Dealcast Vodafone Liberty Global Comcast Fox 10 May 2018
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two complicated relationships are discussed in this edition of Dealcast. Vodafone has bid for some of Liberty Global’s European assets. The companie...
Dealcast Global Merger Control Developments 25 April 2018
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Dealcast examines global changes in merger control. In Europe, Competition Commissioner Vestager is nearing the end of her term in off...
Dealcast Shire Takeda 12 April 2018
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Takeda has until 25 April to make an offer for Shire or walk away. But with some scepticism amongst Shire shareholders, the Japanese suitor will have ...
Dealcast European IPOs 29 March 2018
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
European IPO activity year-to-date has beaten last year’s total issuance by far, with a total of EUR 11.6bn raised across 41 deals. DACH IPOs domin...
Dealcast Commissioner Vestager Interview 1 March 2018
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The long-running review of Bayer’s bid for Monsanto is among the topics discussed by the European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in thi...
Dealcast Qualcomm Broadcom NXP 8 February 2018
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Dealcast looks a major deal in the tech industry. Broadcom has increased its bid for Qualcomm. Now Qualcomm must decide whether to engage ...
Dealcast GKN Melrose 25 January 2018
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
GKN has accused Melrose of offering a "fake premium" in its hostile bid for the automotive and aerospace group. Both companies are attempting to woo s...
Dealcast Ladbrokes Coral GVC 12 January 2018
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fixed-odds betting terminals - or FOBTs - and their role in GVC’s takeover of Ladbrokes Coral are the focus of this week’s Dealcast. The outcome...
Dealcast Regal Cineworld 14 December 2017
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast looks at shareholder views on the GBP 2.7bn offer for US Cinema chain Regal from Cineworld. The bidder will increase its leverage ...
Dealcast Sky Fox Activism 30 November 2017
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Find out the latest on UK competition approval for 21st Century Fox's takeover of Sky in this edition of Dealcast. Shareholder activism is on the rise...
Dealcast Abertis Premier Foods 16 November
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dealcast is a fortnightly podcast from the Dealreporter and Activistmonitor teams covering M&A, ECM and activism. The bidding war for Abertis is ...
Dealcast 2 November - Italian M&A and ECM activity, Creat/Biotest CFIUS review drags on
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dealcast is a fortnightly podcast from the Dealreporter and Activistmonitor teams covering M&A, ECM and activism. The Italian market is put under...
Dealcast Bayer Monsanto 6 October 2017
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Dealreporter team looks at the Monsanto/Bayer merger reviews in the US and Europe. With Julie-Anna Needham, Francesca Micheletti and Joseph Tipog...
Dealcast NXP Qualcomm FCA 8 September 2017
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dealcast is a fortnightly podcast from the Dealreporter and Activistmonitor teams covering M&A, ECM and activism. In this edition, the team discu...
Dealcast Barclays Activism 28 July 2017
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barclays potential separation of its investment bank and shareholder activism in Europe are discussed by the Dealreporter and Activistmonitor team
Dealcast 13 July 2017
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dealcast: The Dealreporter team discuss Vantiv's bid for Worldpay and ECM activity in Europe, including Deutsche Bank, Allied Irish Bank, Santander, D...