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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.

Practical insights into M&A legal practice, including what M&A lawyers do day-to-day, who the clients are, and tips for success in M&A practice.

This course explains the closing process from start to finish, covering things such as the closing checklist, typical closing documents and post-closings.

Presenting the facts of the case in a clear and persuasive way, including selecting which facts to include, organization, and addressing “bad facts.”

Considerations for taking, defending, and preparing for a remote deposition, including technology challenges, ethical issues, handling exhibits, and prepping a witness for the remote format.

The key financial concepts in lending practice, including the main types of loans and their risk, financial reporting requirements for borrowers, financial covenants, and credit ratings.

Covers due diligence for venture finance deals and the main economic and control rights negotiated in venture finance term sheets, plus how to make key calculations such as cap tables, pro forma cap tables, prices per share, pro rata rights, note conversions, dividends, and liquidation preferences.

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

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.

Rules, procedures, tips and strategic considerations for taking and defending expert depositions. This track covers qualifying as an expert, expert and rebuttal reports, witness prep, questioning techniques, attorney-client privilege, and more.

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.

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