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An overview of common private equity fund investment strategies such as growth equity and leveraged buyouts (LBOs). The course also covers alternative strategies including private debt, real assets, and funds of funds.

A discussion of techniques for managing time and workload, including planning your day, working efficiently, and juggling multiple assignments. Covers how to address timeline conflicts, manage expectations, and communicate proactively under pressure.

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.

A comparison of the business models underlying litigation and transactional practices. Covers how each practice generates revenue, structures fees, manages staffing and costs, handles client relationships, and responds to economic cycles.

An overview of agentic AI systems that can plan and execute multi-step legal workflows autonomously. Covers how agentic AI differs from basic GenAI chatbots, practical applications in legal practice, key risks including verification challenges and bias amplification, and best practices for delegating work to AI agents while maintaining professional responsibility.

An introduction to depositions, including why they’re used, the different types of depositions, deposition procedure, and objections made during depositions.

Strategies for planning and drafting briefs throughout a litigation, including opposition, reply, summary judgment, and appellate briefs.

This program covers the structure of private equity funds, key deal types, how PE firms approach transactions, and the differences between strategic M&A and Private Equity M&A.

The basics of due diligence and closings in M&A deals. Includes an overview of the diligence process, tips for conducting due diligence, the closing process, the differences between simultaneous and delayed closings, and guidance on drafting key closing documents.

An introduction to different types of securities and securities offerings, including an overview of the IPO process, greenshoe options, follow-on offerings, and shelf registrations and takedowns.

Explains key legal, business, and drafting issues for the most common terms and provisions that appear in day-to-day commercial agreements. This track covers force majeure, indemnification, limitation of liability, notice, publicity, reps & warranties, schedules and exhibits, severability, survival, and term and termination provisions.

Explains three critical issues for a company as it goes through a bankruptcy case: the methods of financing available to the company, the process and procedure of bankruptcy litigation, and how contracts and leases are dealt with when a company goes through a restructuring.