Global Telecom Mega-Merger, Bailout Caused By Financial Stress | Bloomberg Deals 4/22/2026

Posted on 04/22/2026
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A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: Diameter Capital Managing Partner Co-Founder Jonathan Lewinsohn, USA Rare Earth CEO Barbara Humpton, Centerview Partners Co-President of Investment Banking Tony Kim, Wilson Sonsini Partner Head of M&A Rich Mullen, and Goldman Sachs Global Head of Activism & Takeover Defense Avinash Mehrotra.



Chapters:

00:03:24 - US Could Own Up to 90% of Spirit Airlines

00:04:51 - Deutsche Telekom Seeks Potential Combo With T-Mobile

00:06:08 - SpaceX Has Deal For Right to Acquire Cursor For $60B

00:08:13 - Jonathan Lewinsohn: See Opportunity in Telecom

00:10:06 - Lewinsohn: Don’t Know Exactly How AI Will Develop

00:12:20 - Lewsinsohn: People Want Out of Private Credit Before Knowing AI’s Impact on Software

00:14:47 - Lewsinsohn: A Lot of Underlying Difference in Private Credit Funds

00:17:53 - Barbara Humpton: Serra Verde A Completely Unique Deposit

00:19:48 - Humpton: Private Capital Fueling Our Broader Ambitions

00:21:17 - Humpton on Future Plans

00:24:35 - Investment Committee: AI Startups Target Software Business Models

00:36:16 - Avinash Mehrotra: Activists Cos. Recognize Proxy Fights Are Expensive, Distracting

00:37:18 - Mehrotra: Activist Are Just One ‘Loud’ Investor

00:38:57 - Mehrotra: Strong 1Q M&A Extension of 3Q, 4Q

00:43:15 - Jersey Mike's Orders Up An IPO

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