Accounting

This Year

From the program: Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe 2013 (Twelfth Annual): Overcoming Deal-Making Challenges in the Current Markets

Recorded on: Feb. 7, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe 2013 (Twelfth Annual): Overcoming Deal-Making Challenges in the Current Markets recorded January 31 - February 1, 2013 in London. Lecture Topics   [01:28:37] Getting the Numbers Right and Working with Your Auditors [01:28:37] Current hot spots in SEC accounting reviews for foreign private issuers Audit committees and auditors in the spotlight: new communications ...

Recorded on: Feb. 1, 2013

Taken from the briefing Reading Public Company Financials - What You Need to Know recorded January, 2013. Knowing how to read a public company’s financial statements can help you hear what is sometimes not being said.  This briefing will show you how to read between the numbers to extrapolate relevant information; spot red flags; gauge the financial health of a company; and better communicate with business and financial professionals. Using ...

Recorded on: Feb. 13, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Reading Public Company Financials, What You Need to Know". Before I begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course ...

From the program: The SEC Speaks in 2013

Recorded on: Feb. 25, 2013

Taken from the Web Program The SEC Speaks in 2013 recorded February, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Lecture Topics  [01:12:42] Accounting  [01:12:42] Current financial disclosure issues Accounting and auditing issues International accounting issues Emerging practice issues Enforcement issues and trends The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available ...

From the program: Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2013

Recorded on: Mar. 4, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2013 recorded February, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:33:16] Acquisition and Separation Issues in Consolidation  [01:33:16] Proposed legislative changes that may impact acquisition and separation transactions, including the possible elimination of the section 356(a)(2) boot within gain rule and the possible repeal of section 351(g), nonqualified preferred ...

From the program: Securities Offerings 2013: A Public Offering: How It Is Done

Recorded on: Mar. 25, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Securities Offerings 2013: A Public Offering: How It Is Done recorded March, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:33:06] Important Financial Statements and Accounting Disclosures  [01:33:06] Discussion of the critical financial information that forms the backbone of disclosures in securities offerings, including annual financial statements, interim financial statements, management’s discussion ...

From the program: How to Read Financial Statements 2013

Released on: Apr. 3, 2013

Financial statements provide great insight into the financial activities of a corporation.  For some corporations, these statements may be complex and can require extensive review.  Attorneys are often involved in negotiating, structuring, or litigating matters where understanding a corporation’s financial statements is an essential element of the overall engagement. In this practical program, a distinguished panel of experts ...

Recorded on: Mar. 20, 2013

ANN S. MAKICH: So good morning again, everybody. It's 11:15 and we're going to start part two of our presentation. And the main focus in the second half, after the meat and potatoes of financial statements in the first half-- thank you, Chad-- is to talk a little bit about applying some of the concepts and data that we learned in the first half to practical legal practice in three main areas. The first is due diligence and disclosure and understanding ...

Recorded on: Mar. 20, 2013

CHAD RUCKER: Thank you so much for coming out today. We have a very, very exciting panel here today. Joining me today we have Gopal Burgher. Gopal Burgher is a partner at Burgher Gray Haile & Jaffe. And Gopal's principal areas of practice include capital markets, complex finance transactions, real estate, community development transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. In the capital markets and complex ...

Recorded on: Mar. 25, 2013

LIZABETHANN R. EISEN: I think we'll go ahead and get started. As a reminder, my name is Liz Ann Eisen. To my right is Joe Kaufman, from Simpson Thatcher. And to his right is Debbie O'Connell, a new panelist. Debbie joins us from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she is a partner in the SEC services group within PwC's National Professional Services Group. Debbie stands out as a seasoned expert in the technology industry that people rely on for insight ...

From the program: How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [00:58:53]Comfort Letters and Accounting Considerations  [00:58:53] Negotiating a comfort letter Financial statement requirements Accounting issues commonly encountered in the IPO process The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online: Prospectus ...

Recorded on: Apr. 11, 2013

DEANNA L. KIRKPATRICK: Well, I think we'll get started again and try and stay on schedule. So I think in our next segment, Laird is going to talk about comfort letters, which as you heard-- or I'm sorry, financial statement requirements, which we didn't cover in the initial registration process part. LAIRD H. SIMONS III: So for a good probably 45 minutes or so, we're going to delve into the accounting piece of the registration statement. Some years ...

From the program: First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 22, 2013

Taken from the Web Program First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013 recorded April, 2013 in Hong Kong.Lecture Topics  [01:01:52]Asian Capital Markets: India, China, Korea and Singapore  [01:01:52] Comparison of Asian capital markets common practices Raising capital in India, China, Korea and Singapore New deals in Asian capital markets Convergence: status of accounting standards and practices Hot ...

From the program: Basics of Accounting for Lawyers 2013: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know

Released on: Aug. 2, 2013

Accounting is a language of business. Because attorneys encounter accounting information in a wide range of legal issues, it is critical for lawyers to understand financial statements and core accounting concepts. This practical course, specifically designed for the non-accountant attorney, will provide an understanding of financial statements and the key principles of accounting, using “real life” examples of accounting issues that attorneys commonly ...

From the program: Pocket MBA Summer 2013: Finance for Lawyers

Released on: Jun. 17, 2013

The ability to identify and appropriately use financial and accounting information is relevant to a wide range of legal and regulatory matters for attorneys and allied professionals. Litigators and transactional attorneys alike will benefit from this practical course designed specifically for non-accountants and taught by members of the nation’s top accounting, tax and advisory firms, leading law firms, in-house counsel and universities.Lecture Topics  ...

From the program: Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2013: Raising Capital in an Evolving Regulatory Environment

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Global Capital Markets & the U.S. Securities Laws 2013: Raising Capital in an Evolving Regulatory Environment recorded June, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [00:59:15]IFRS and Other Accounting Matters  [00:59:15] Prospects for the use of IFRS by U.S. issuers The SEC’s work plan for IFRS Practical advice for foreign private issuers using IFRS The regulatory and institutional framework of IFRS The ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

KIRSTEN AUNAPU: OK, great. Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome you to our next section, which is called A Detailed Look at Basic Financial Statements. We have two additional speakers from Deloitte. I'm pleased to announce my partner Sally Ann Flood. Sally Ann's the leader of our Bay Area real estate audit practice, here in San Francisco. And she's a national leader for the real estate funds in the US. She has more than 19 years of professional ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

KIRSTEN S. AUNAPU: OK, great, I'd like to welcome our next speakers, Todd Rosen and Doug Bodel. The subject will be Solvency, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy. It'll be a 60-minute segment followed by lunch. I'd like to welcome back first, Todd Rosen, has been a speaker for this segment for the past couple of years. Todd is a bankruptcy partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles, & Olson. Todd joined the firm in 2004 after working as an ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

RAJ TANDEN: Thanks, everyone, for returning. We're now going to turn to capital structure considerations. We have a couple of great speakers to discuss this topic. We've got Bill Brentani, who is a partner of Simpson Thatcher, & Bartlett in Palo Alto in the firm's corporate finance department. His practice focuses on representing issuers and underwriters in connection with a variety of public and private debt and equity offerings, including high ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

RAJ TANDEN: Welcome back, everyone, for the afternoon session. I hope you enjoyed the morning session. Just to remind everyone, we're here for the Pocket MBA 2013, finance for lawyers. And continuing with that theme, we're going to be covering practical elements of finance this afternoon. We have Jennifer Blouin and Dubravka Tosic from the Wharton School and ERS Group, respectively. Jennifer is an associate professor of accounting in the Wharton ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

RAJ TANDEN: OK, I think people are still streaming in. But we need to get started. We are going to be covering practical and ethical considerations for corporate transactions today. There's a handout, a PowerPoint that we'll be going through. Hopefully each of you has received this. I did put copies at the right side of the tables. If you could hand those down if you haven't gotten them. They're all over the place. So hopefully you get your hands ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

SPEAKER 1: --for the Pocket MBA program, which is securities fraud litigation, recent trends and practical tips. We're lucky to have Dan Dooley, Sr., CPA, who was a former partner retired in the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was the global leader of the firm's securities litigation and investigations consulting practice. As an audit partner, he performed examinations of companies in a wide-range of industries and sectors, including computers ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

KIRSTEN AUNAPU: So with that, I will introduce our first speaker, Oz Karan. Oz is the senior manager at Deloitte & Touche. He's in the accounting, evaluation, and analytics practice here in San Francisco. He has over nine years of accounting, valuation, and project management experience with a focus on banking and securities and consumer business clients. He has technical expertise in accounting and reporting for derivatives and hedging activities, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

KIRSTEN AUNAPU: OK. Well, welcome back to our next segment on managerial accounting. I'd like to introduce to you our speaker. Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is a CPA and also the Associate Professor at the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems at DePaul University. She's also the founder of Helios Digital Learning, Inc., an educational media company that offers a suite of educational consulting and training products and services designed ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

KIRSTEN S. AUNAPU: OK, great. Welcome back to day two of PLI's Pocket MBA Finance for Attorneys. And we're going to start off today with a session on the basics of valuation, principles, and methodology. So please welcome back Ken Herzinger to the panel. He's been the speaker on this topic for the past couple of years, and we're happy to have him again. Ken is a partner in Orrick's San Francisco office, is a member of the securities litigation, and ...