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Private Equity Deal Types

An overview of the main types of PE deals an M&A associate would encounter, including buyouts (with a focus on leveraged buyouts), carveouts, and minority investments. This course also discusses rollover equity, buy-and-build, co-investments, and growth equity.

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Materiality Scrapes: Drafting

A look at typical materiality scrape provisions, featuring drafting tips and perspectives from ABA M&A Committee members Rita-Anne O’Neill from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Craig Menden from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

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Heads of Terms in M&A (UK)

An explanation of how Heads of Terms are used in M&A transactions, with a line-by-line walkthrough of a sample HoT. The course covers key provisions, including price, structure, warranties, conditions, and exclusivity, as well as binding versus non-binding terms.

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Avoidance Actions

An overview of avoidance actions in a corporate restructuring, with a focus on preference actions and actual or constructive fraudulent transfers and conveyances.

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Curated course lists for self-paced learning, with CLE available in most MCLE states.

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Trial Essentials

Mastering the essentials of trial practice: opening statements, closing arguments, directs and cross-exams. Also covers courtroom decorum and ethical issues that arise during a trial.

CLE Available
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Financial Literacy for Lawyers

An introduction to finance and accounting basics including valuation, statistics, data visualization, and where to find financial information about a company. This track also provides an introduction to Excel and explains how to perform present and future value calculations.

CLE Available
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Financial Literacy for Lawyers

An introduction to finance and accounting basics including valuation, statistics, data visualization, and where to find financial information about a company. This track also provides an introduction to Excel and explains how to perform present and future value calculations.

CLE Available
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Corporations: Charters, Bylaws, and Key Players

This program explains certificates of incorporation and corporate bylaws, discussing their respective roles in a company, how they can be amended, and other important aspects of these important corporate documents. The program also provides an overview of the key players in a corporation: its stockholders, the board of directors, and the main officers.

CLE Available
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Commercial Lending Documents

This track introduces the main documents involved in commercial lending deals. It includes walk throughs of the documents and their main provisions, covers key legal and business points, as well as strategic considerations for drafting, reviewing, and filing the documents. Documents covered include commitment letters and other preliminary documents, UCC-1 financing statements, UCC-3s, payoff letters, security agreements, and credit agreements.

CLE Available