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Accounting

Recorded on: Jun. 21, 2010

KIRSTEN S. AUNAPU: OK, great. We're going to get started. So welcome back everyone. I'm pleased to introduce James Webb, who's a partner in Deloitte special acquisition services group. James provides merger and acquisition services and related accounting services to one of the firm's largest private equity clients and its portfolio companies. And during our next segment which is, titled Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Statements, James will provide ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2011

KIRSTEN AUNAPU: OK great. Well, welcome back to our next segment, which is on accounting, auditing, and financial statements. I'd like to introduce to you two of my colleagues from Deloitte, both from the Dallas, Texas area. Dan Berner is an audit partner in the Dallas, Texas practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Dan has over 20 years of experience serving large complex clients in retail, consumer and industrial products industries. Dan has served ...

Recorded on: Oct. 12, 2011

MARC MILLER: OK. For those of you who joined us during the first session thank you, and good morning. As an introduction, my name is Marc Miller. I'll be chairing the two day conference. And again, appreciate everyone being here and being active listeners. And also as we said in the opening-- and I think on behalf of the next faculty-- to the extent there's questions, again please don't hesitate to raise your hand. During the session, for those ...

Recorded on: Aug. 11, 2010

MATTHEW SHELHORSE: OK is everyone ready to get started with our second segment here? The second segment is Accounting, Auditing & Financial Statements. And this will take us right into the lunch break. So I think we'll build on what we learned in terms of the accounting standards and policies and the background from the SEC. And I'll take that into more of a practical approach. And we have the pleasure of having with a Sy Jones and Ted Martens. ...

Recorded on: Dec. 16, 2011

ABIGAIL ARMS: OK, welcome. Welcome back to the afternoon session of today's program. And the next session is going to deal with accounting issues that we, as lawyers, should be aware of. And we're delighted that Roman Weil, who is an emeritus faculty member of the Chicago Booth School of Business, retired after 45 years on the faculty there. Roman currently is a visiting professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU and Program Fellow at Stanford ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Annual Disclosure Documents 2012: Preparation of Disclosure Documents, Annual Meeting and Regulatory Developments Recorded December, 2012 in New York Accounting and Financial Reporting Developments and Priorities [01:15:28] Key accounting pronouncements and initiatives affecting/driving disclosures outside of the financial statements ASC 450 (FAS 5) contingencies Fair value accounting Impairments  ...

Recorded on: Feb. 28, 2013

Taken from the Web Program The SEC Speaks in 2013 Recorded February, 2013 in Washington Accounting [01:13:25] 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(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Work Plan for the Consideration ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2013 Recorded February, 2013 in New York Acquisition and Separation Issues in Consolidation [01:33:53] 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 stock; recent revisions to section 304(a)(2), redemptions ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

KIRSTEN AUNAPU: OK, thank you. Welcome back, and I'm pleased to introduce the dynamic duo of Dan Berner and Jason Downing. Dan is a Deloitte partner out of the Dallas, Texas audit practice. Deloitte's been serving large audit clients for the past 22 years, and has significant experience with SEC matters, including initial and follow-on registration statements, acquisitions, divestitures, and period filings. And our other colleague, Jason Downing, ...

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 ...

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: Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 19, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012 recorded October, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:53:27] Tax and Accounting  [00:53:27] Recent Tax Court decisions, Anschutz, Calloway New tax legislation addressing withholding on dividend substitutes New tax legislation affecting foreign financial institutions receiving U.S. source income (the QI-2 Rules) The purchase price of this segment ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

JAMES J. AGAR: Welcome back everyone. Just a quick housekeeping note-- the lecture that we're about to start is going to go an hour and 3/4. Breaking for lunch at 12:15, and then we will reconvene at 1:30. I hope that you all enjoyed the first panel with Brad and Mark as much as I did. No matter how long I've been in this business, when I get to attend a great presentation such as theirs, I always learn something new. I'm confident that the learning ...

From the program: Pocket MBA Fall 2012

Released on: Oct. 26, 2012

An understanding of key accounting, financial and economic concepts, principles and terminology will contribute to your ability to interact with and advise your clients with their critical issues. The ability to identify and appropriately use financial and accounting information is relevant to a wide range of legal and regulatory matters for both external and in-house attorneys. Litigators and transactional attorneys alike will benefit from this practical ...

Recorded on: Jul. 23, 2013

CURTIS BURR: I've got a smiling gatekeeper in the back. LAWRENCE M. CIRELLI: She keeps the train running on time. CURTIS BURR: Yeah. Switch. So we'll restart, and the next topic, we've got a great overview of accounting, the language, all the pieces that belong as part of financial statements. And next, we're going to focus on one of the really fundamental parts of the accounting financial statements, which is the balance sheet, where often, people ...

Recorded on: May. 21, 2012

JORGE A. AMADOR: It's 11:02. We're going to get started with the presentation on the balance sheet. I'd like to introduce-- we have two great speakers for you that will speak to you about the balance sheet. First is Colleen Vallen. She's an expert in the field of forensic and investigative accounting. For the past nine years, Colleen has focused her attention on forensic and fraud investigations and the preparation of financial damage analysis. She ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Apr. 30, 2013

Taken from the Web Program First Annual Institute on Corporate & Securities Law in Hong Kong 2013 Recorded April, 2013 in Hong KongAsian Capital Markets: India, China, Korea and Singapore [01:02:32] 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 issues in the frontier economies The ...

From the program: Audit Committees and Financial Reporting 2013: Recent Developments and Current Issues

Released on: Jul. 5, 2013

As we continue to see many new regulations from the SEC, PCAOB and financial institution regulators, we also continue to see numerous challenges emerge for the audit committee. If you are a director or member of an audit committee, or if you advise audit committees, this program will help you understand what is required of the audit committee, and those who advise them, in this rapidly changing environment. You will hear from an expert faculty of ...

Recorded on: Mar. 28, 2012

CHAD RUCKER: So I'll introduce our other panelists. The first one I'll introduce is Sean Windsor, and let him introduce himself. SEAN WINDSOR: Sure. Thanks, Chad. As Chad said, my name is Sean Windsor. I'm a director at Houlihan Lokey in their transaction advisory services group. For those of you who are not familiar with Houlihan Lokey, we basically have three different segments. The first one is being our investment bank, typical corporate finance, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2011

ERIC B. SLOAN: All right. For-- I can't tell what this screen is telling me to do, but I think we're live. For our next panel, as some have said before, we couldn't be more fortunate to have our two speakers. Immediately to my right is Lew Steinberg. Lew is the managing director and head of strategic advisory in the investment banking department of Credit Suisse, which is an international investment bank. And I should say now, for Lew's benefit, that ...

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: Oct. 12, 2011

OK. Well, welcome back everybody. Good afternoon. I know at times the after lunch sessions are sometimes difficult to battle through, but hopefully everyone had a nice opportunity to grab a sandwich. And as previewed from this morning, we're going to move into capital structure and really introduce some of the different ways capital structure comes to be, an overview of that, key drivers, common corporate transactions, and really get a little more ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC SLOAN: ALL right, we're going to get started again. Hopefully everyone has coffee because, you know, at around 3 o'clock is when the caffeine is really needed. But we have a great panel today to keep you awake and interested. So we're going to focus on capital structure considerations in financing. And to do that we have another great panel. To my immediate right is Bill Brentani. Bill is a partner at Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett in Palo ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

JAMES J. AGAR: Welcome back, everybody. I hope you had a great lunch that will sustain you through an information-packed afternoon and that you had an opportunity to do a little bit of networking during the lunch break. Just a couple housekeeping things. This session will last one hour, and our next module will begin immediately at 2:30 Eastern. That portion of the program will go until 3:45 Eastern, when there will be a 15-minute networking break ...