I write about #activist #investors @TheDealNewsroom, part of @SPGlobal. #Author of Extreme Value Hedging book @wileyglobal. Previously @TheStreet, @MarketWatch

Joined March 2009
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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with @rorol, where Pennant founder and CEO Ryan Nowicki Stewart discusses AI-driven proxy voting, #activism intelligence and market disruption. #activist thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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Listen to the latest Drinks With The Deal #podcast with David Marcus, where @SidleyLaw's Mehdi Khodadad discusses how he pivoted to advising #PrivateEquity clients as an associate and what he enjoys about the job. thedeal.com/podcasts/drinks-…
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Activist-targeted Dye & Durham Ltd. has received preliminary first-round bids for the whole Canadian legal software company and for its financial services division, sources told @TheDealNewsroom . The auction is progressing. pipeline.thedeal.com/article… $DND.TO DND.TO

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Activist-targeted Dye & Durham Ltd. has received preliminary first-round bids for the whole Canadian legal software company and for its financial services division, sources told @TheDealNewsroom. The auction is progressing. pipeline.thedeal.com/article… @DyeDurham $DND

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Activist-targeted Dye & Durham Ltd. has received preliminary first-round bids for the whole Canadian legal software company and for its financial services division, sources told @TheDealNewsroom. The auction is progressing $subs: pipeline.thedeal.com/article…

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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with @rorol, where @sodalico executives Aneliya Crawford and Bill Dooley discuss #activist trends, investor behavior and AI-driven voting. thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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Listen to the latest Behind the Buyouts #podcast with @nsattiraju, where Unity Partners head of business development Callie Blankenau discusses lower middle market investing and sourcing strategies. #PrivateEquity thedeal.com/podcasts/behind-…
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See David Marcus' Deal Diary for all the advisers on National Storage's $5.7 billion sale to rival REIT @PublicStorage. @Clifford_Chance's Chang-Do Gong is counsel to $NSA, and Wachtell's Adam Emmerich and @DLA_Piper's Amy Carbins represent $PSA. pipeline.thedeal.com/article…
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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with @rorol, where @sullcrom partner Patrick Gadson discusses #activism in banking and the shifting role of proxy advisers. thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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Listen to the latest Drinks With The Deal #podcast, where @RopesGray chair Julie Jones explains why the Sungard buyout was critical for her career, how she approaches firm management what she's learned from colleagues business leaders along the way. thedeal.com/podcasts/drinks-…
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Listen to the latest Behind the Buyouts #podcast with @nsattiraju, where Hivest Capital Partners senior adviser Gregory Molin discusses the firm's value investing strategy and its cross-border approach to lower middle market M&A. #PrivateEquity thedeal.com/podcasts/behind-…
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.@BlackRock, @Vanguard_Group and @StateStreet, supersized passive investors that often make or break activist contests, continue to mostly oppose dissident director contests in board battles that go the distance, @rorol writes. pipeline.thedeal.com/article…
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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with Ronald Orol, where Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder advisory at @Barclays, analyzes the effect of an @exxonmobil retail investor voting program as well as record levels of #activism. thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with @rorol, where @Lazard managing director Chris Couvelier discusses shareholder #activism trends, @ExxonMobil's robo-voting program and M&A-driven campaigns. thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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Listen to the latest Drinks With The Deal with David Marcus, where @Moelis managing director Dan Lee discusses his work advising special committees on conflicted transactions and building a career experience by experience. thedeal.com/podcasts/drinks-…
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Read David Marcus' Deal Diary for all the advisers on @WeAreOxy's $9.7 billion sale of OxyChem to Berkshire Hathaway. @Cravath's Daniel Cerqueira represents Oxy @Kirkland_Ellis' Cyril Jones is counsel to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. $OXY $BRK.A pipeline.thedeal.com/article…
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Listen to the latest Drinks With The Deal #podcast, where Elizabeth Cooper of Simpson Thacher talks about transitioning from M&A to PE as a young partner and how advising @Blackstone on the @Refinitiv deal transformed her career. #PrivateEquity lnkd.in/eTMQPDnd
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Listen to the latest Activist Investing Today #podcast with @rorol, where @WhiteCase's Richard Brand calls for passive investors, other institutions academics to develop best practices for corp. bylaws seeking info about activist director nominations. thedeal.com/podcasts/activis…
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28 Aug 2025
Several law firms advise companies targeted by activist hedge funds and insurgent investors that specialize in M&A campaigns. We took a closer look: $subs: pipeline.thedeal.com/article… @TheDealNewsroom
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28 Aug 2025
For companies targeted by activist investors, the banker advisory space is dominated by a dozen or so financial institutions with specializations in campaigns seeking operational change or blockbuster M&A. We took a look here: pipeline.thedeal.com/article… @TheDealNewsroom
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