Library

The different ways you can view your page on the Microsoft Word screen, and when they’re helpful. Includes snapping two documents side by side, the “focus” view that cuts distractions from your screen, and more.

An introduction to due diligence request lists and a walkthrough of a sample list. The course teaches the structure and contents of the request list, the drafting process, and how the receiving party responds.

An explanation of how PE funds work by exploring the roles of the key participants in a limited partnership, including the general partner, limited partners, deal professionals, portfolio companies, and holding companies.

Examines the purpose of data privacy clauses and each party’s considerations when drafting these clauses. Also describes the specific information typically contained in these provisions, including how to define what data is protected, security requirements and audit rights, and what happens if there’s a data breach.

An overview of the purpose and structure of UK financial statements. Covers the four main statements (balance sheet, profit and loss account, cash flow statement, and statement of changes in equity), their uses and users, and how business transactions flow through the statements.

An overview of how companies use cash and unsecured credit to finance their operations during bankruptcy. Covers encumbered cash (cash collateral), unencumbered cash, establishing adequate protection, and how companies can take out additional unsecured credit.

Explains the main documents involved in venture financing deals, including key legal and business points and considerations for drafting and reviewing the documents. Documents covered include amended and restated certificates of incorporation, stock purchase agreements, voting agreements, convertible notes, and more.

This track explores how private equity deals are financed, how management incentives are structured, and the strategies funds use to create value.

Explains key concepts in financial reporting and accounting, such as accrual accounting, revenue recognition, and depreciation and amortization. This track also covers the roles in a finance department; the processes of accounting, financial reporting, and audits; and how to analyze a company’s annual report and financials.

Tips and strategies for working effectively with experts on your case. Covers how to prepare for direct of your expert, prepare your expert for cross, and conduct cross examination of the other side’s expert. Gives tips for maximizing your expert’s performance and steering clear of mistakes. Also discusses tricky ethical areas like privilege over communications and draft reports, as well as how to choose the right expert in the first place.

How to nail your oral argument, both in person and virtually; how to draft your brief persuasively; and how to make sure everything in your brief is cited properly.

This track takes a look at the typical loan transaction process. This includes an overview of what it means to be a lending attorney, how a commercial lending deal team is typically structured, the main stages of a typical transaction, the due diligence process, the attachment and perfection process for security interests, the use of financing statements under the UCC, and the closing of the loan transaction.