Training Guides
Blended learning made easy. Training Guides include hypos, discussion questions, and instructions for facilitators and attendees.
Acquisition Agreements
An introduction to the structure and main provisions of an acquisition agreement.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
Amended and Restated Certificates of Incorporation
A typical Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and its key provisions.
- Venture Financing
- Remote or in person
Appellate Briefs
Tips for drafting an appellate brief and selecting arguments, including the appellant’s burden, the standard of review, and unique procedural requirements.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Argument Section of a Brief
Guidance on how to draft the argument section of a brief, including how to sequence arguments and structure points, as well as how to frame the rules of law and apply those rules to the facts of your case.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Avoidance Actions
Avoidance actions in bankruptcy, including preference actions and fraudulent transfer or conveyance actions.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Balance Sheets
An introduction to balance sheets, including an explanation of the balance sheet equation and descriptions of assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity.
- Accounting & Finance
- Remote or in person
Bankruptcy Litigation Overview
Key litigation concepts in a Chapter 11 case, including the bankruptcy estate, court jurisdiction, and different types of actions.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Cash Flow Statements
What cash flow statements are and how they’re used to track cash from a company’s operating, investing, and financing activities.
- Accounting & Finance
- Remote or in person
Chapter 11 Disclosure Statements and Orders
The main requirements, contents, and drafting process of a typical Chapter 11 disclosure statement and order.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Chapter 11 Plan Confirmations
The requirements for plan confirmation under Chapter 11, both consensual and nonconsensual.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Chapter 11 Plans
Contents of a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, including mandatory and discretionary provisions.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Citations and Bluebooking
How to make sure that the citations in your brief are accurate and cited properly, including how to perform a substantive cite check, bluebook your citations, and when and how to use signals in your citations.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Claims 'If True'
The claims "if true" concept for indemnification obligations of private M&A agreements, including buyer and seller perspectives and drafting guidance.
- M&A Provisions
- Remote or in person
Commitment Letters and Other Preliminary Documents
An overview of the preliminary documents typically used in loan transactions, including term sheets, commitment letters, and fee letters.
- Commercial Lending
- Remote or in person
Convertible Debt Financings
Convertible debt financing; the main features, conversion terms, and nuances of convertible notes; SAFEs and KISSes.
- Venture Financing
- Remote or in person
Credit Agreements
An overview of the typical provisions in a credit agreement, with an in-depth look at the most common covenants and Events of Default, including common financial covenants and the distinction between Defaults and Events of Default.
- Commercial Lending
- Remote or in person
Defending a Corporate Deposition
Dos and don'ts when defending the deposition of a corporate witness, and how to deal with particular types of questions and issues.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Defending a Deposition
Preparing, protecting and counseling the witness in a deposition; correcting testimony, and redirect.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Defending an Expert Deposition
How to prepare an expert witness for deposition and defend them during the deposition.
- Experts
- Remote or in person
Deposition Erratas
Rules, format, and procedures for drafting an errata to correct a deposition transcript.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Deposition Notices and Subpoenas
Timings and requirements for drafting and depositions notices and third-party subpoenas.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Deposition Objections
How to use objections while defending a deposition; form, relevance and privilege objections; and rules on speaking objections.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Deposition Questioning
How to form deposition questions, get important admissions, avoid common mistakes in questioning, and create a useful record at a deposition.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Deposition Witness Prep: Ethical Issues
The ethical issues encountered when preparing a witness for deposition.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Deposition Witness Prep: Explaining Mechanics & Strategy
How to prepare a witness for the mechanics and logistics of a deposition, and tips and strategies to give them on answering questions.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person