71.   But the deal was done.

72.   But there are risks of not doing this deal.

73.   But the group has suddenly jumped into the mainstream, doing deals at a rapid pace.

74.   But they will do deals.

75.   But Tsochantaris acknowledged, a bit sheepishly, that the revenue total will probably be much higher once all the deals are done.

76.   But then there is the matter of how a deal may be done.

77.   But within two weeks, the deal was done and the boards met well into Sunday night to approve the deal.

78.   By midnight Wednesday, the deal was nearly done.

79.   By last Friday morning, the deal was about done.

80.   By now, Perella has done so many deals that he regularly has to prune his conference room collection of the Lucite mementos that many bankers treasure.