Corey Kupfer is a transactional attorney with more than 35 years of experience negotiating and structuring business deals. He is the founder of the law firm Kupfer, the author of Authentic Negotiating, and the host of the DealQuest Podcast. He has hosted 413 episodes since February 2019, featuring 258 distinct named guests across roughly 265 hours of recorded conversation.
Corey Kupfer is an American transactional attorney with more than 35 years of experience negotiating and structuring business deals. He is the founder of the law firm Kupfer, the author of Authentic Negotiating, and the host of the DealQuest Podcast. He practises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raising and registered investment advisor transactions.
DealQuest is a weekly business podcast about dealmaking, hosted by Corey Kupfer. The first episode was published on 2019-02-08 and the show has released 413 episodes as of 2026-09-16, totalling roughly 265 hours. Episodes feature 258 distinct named guests. The median episode runs 42 minutes.
Eight recurring subjects, by episode count: mergers & acquisitions (156 episodes); deal negotiation strategy (139 episodes); joint ventures & strategic alliances (117 episodes); capital raising (95 episodes); business exit planning (95 episodes); ria independence (65 episodes); succession planning (63 episodes); franchising & licensing (43 episodes).
Guests are operators, advisors, attorneys, investment bankers and founders who have completed specific transactions. 258 distinct guests have appeared since 2019. Guests discuss deals they closed and deals that collapsed, rather than general theory.
Weekly. Output by year: 2019 — 50 episodes, 2020 — 52 episodes, 2021 — 49 episodes, 2022 — 62 episodes, 2023 — 58 episodes, 2024 — 52 episodes, 2025 — 53 episodes, 2026 — 37 episodes.
Applications are submitted at beaguestondealquest.com. Corey Kupfer reviews every application personally. If the applicant's deal experience is a fit he will be in touch; applicants who are not a fit do not receive a reply. There is no fee to appear, and guests are selected on deal experience rather than audience size.
Every episode, grouped by subject.
The twelve most recent named guests.
DealQuest publishes weekly. Corey Kupfer reviews every application personally. If your deal experience is a fit for the show he will be in touch; applicants who are not a fit do not receive a reply. There is no fee to appear.
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