Welcome back to the Deal Room on the AmplifyME podcast where this week our Director of Corporate Finance Stephen Barnett unpacks three themes in focus this week:Bill Ackman the famous activist investor has said that he would consider taking Elon Musk's 'X' public. You've heard of a SPAC but what's a SPARC?!The IPO run continues with Birkenstock the German footwear maker about to fetch a valuation of $10.1bnWith M&A deals starting to liven up, we take a look at what dealmakers need to do to avoid missing out on the target of $3 trillion in deal volume for the first time since 2013Join the next M&A Finance Accelerator simulation https://shorturl.at/dmJO5Free daily newsletter https://bit.ly/3Oeu4WkConnect with Anthony https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonych...Connect with Stephen https://shorturl.at/mrzQ0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.