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Overview
Why you should attend
Whether you are a transactional lawyer, litigator or other advisor, to have a successful practice, you must understand finance, accounting, economics and tax principles, as well as their application.
Pocket MBA Summer 2014: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals is designed specifically for anyone whose practice requires a thorough understanding of finance. Our expert faculty includes partners and senior level practitioners from the nation’s top law, accounting, advisory and private equity firms, leading academics from top-tier universities and senior in-house counsel. They will teach you how to critically analyze and apply finance-related concepts, principles and terminology to increase your business acumen, as well as your confidence, when advising your clients.
What you will learn
- Key factors shaping financial reporting
- Foundational finance, accounting and economics terminology and principles
- How to “navigate” and understand the basic financial statements - the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and statement of shareholders’ equity
- Practical corporate finance concepts, including financial ratios and analysis
- The use of valuations in business transactions and fairness opinions, as well as in common claims and defenses in litigation
- Real world application of finance related concepts and principles in negotiating, structuring and closing business transactions
- Legal and accounting perspectives on securities fraud and financial accounting irregularities, and the state of internal corporate investigations
Who should attend
External and in-house attorneys and other professionals who work with financial information whether in the course of litigation or in business transactions.