12-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

This program is specifically designed for in-house and law firm attorneys and other professionals who work with financial information. It will enhance understanding of business strategies, accounting fundamentals and vocabulary used by management, investors, auditors and bankers. Practical advice and application of information to actual situations and financial reports will provide participants with opportunities to immediately implement growth and broaden capabilities. The faculty for this program is unusually diverse, including top partners from elite accounting firms and law firms, private equity investors, bankers, consultants and academics.

What You Will Learn

• New!  Internal audits: What they do

• New!  Demystifying derivatives

• Key factors shaping financial reporting

• Foundational finance, accounting and economics terminology and principles

• How businesses generate, deploy and manage capital

• How to “navigate” and understand the basic financial statements

• Practical corporate finance concepts — financial ratios and analysis

• The use of valuations and evaluating the financial health of an entity

• Fraud, corruption and regulatory risks

• Case Study: Accounting Fundamentals and Financial Statements in Practice                          

…and more                           

Special Feature

• Earn Ethics and Skills credit

• Appropriate for litigation and transactional attorneys

Who Should Attend

This program is specifically designed for in-house and law firm attorneys and other professionals who work with financial information.

Program Level: Basic

Intended Audience: This program is specifically designed for in-house and law firm attorneys and other professionals who work with financial information.

Prerequisites: A background in business strategies, accounting fundamentals and the preparation of financial information.

Advanced Preparation: None 

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