Training Guides
Blended learning made easy. Training Guides include hypos, discussion questions, and instructions for facilitators and attendees.
Loan Closings
An introduction to the loan closing process, including how the parties prepare for the closing and what happens on closing day. Overviews of the process of collecting and compiling signatures and the purpose of borrowing notices and “funds flow memorandums” are also included.
- Commercial Lending
- Remote or in person
Materiality Scrapes
Breach scrapes, damages scrapes and double materiality scrapes in M&A deals; buyer and seller perspectives; and the relationship between materiality scrapes, rep & warranty insurance, and other provisions.
- M&A Provisions
- Remote or in person
M&A Closings
An introduction to the closing process for M&A deals, including the main closing documents and certificates.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
M&A Deal Structures
The main types of M&A deal structures, including their key legal, business, and tax considerations.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
M&A Due Diligence and Disclosure Schedules
An introduction to the due diligence process in M&A deals and the relationship of due diligence to disclosure schedules.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
M&A Term Sheets
The purpose, structure, and elements of a term sheet for M&A deals.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
Motions to Amend Pleadings
Tips and strategies for drafting and opposing motions for leave to amend, including common reasons for amending.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Motions to Dismiss: Strategies for 12(b)(6) Briefing
Strategies for making and opposing a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, including developing your arguments, drafting, and procedural tips.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Opposition Briefs
Strategies and tips for drafting an opposition brief, including how to effectively review the opening brief.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Overview of a Chapter 11 Case
The main stages of a Chapter 11 case, from preparations for filing to exiting Chapter 11.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Overview of a Loan Transaction
The overall process of a typical loan transaction from contacting potential lenders, through the lenders’ due diligence, drafting loan documentation, including the preliminary and main loan documents, preparing for and closing the deal, and post-closing obligations.
- Commercial Lending
- Remote or in person
Overview of an M&A Deal
The main phases and documents of an M&A deal.
- M&A Basics
- Remote or in person
Pleadings
How a case begins, rules and strategies for drafting a complaint, and how to draft an answer.
- Civil Litigation Basics
- Remote or in person
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements
The key provisions of a preferred stock purchase agreement in a venture capital financing.
- Venture Financing
- Remote or in person
Preliminary Injunctions and TROs
Procedures and strategic considerations when seeking a TRO or preliminary injunction.p
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Preliminary Statement in a Brief
How to draft a persuasive preliminary statement in a brief, including stylistic and organizational techniques.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person
Prepackaged and Prenegotiated Bankruptcies
An introduction to prepackaged bankruptcies ("prepacks") and prenegotiated bankruptcies, including the types and pros and cons of each.
- Restructuring
- Remote or in person
Preparing a Corporate Deposition Witness
Rules and tips for selecting a corporate witness and how to prepare them for deposition.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Preparing Documents for Deposition
How to review a witness's documents to prepare for a deposition and identify and prepare potential exhibits.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Privilege in Litigation
The attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, the process of withholding documents from production, and how to prepare privilege logs.
- Civil Litigation Basics
- Remote or in person
Raising Venture Capital
How venture capital is raised and how venture capital firms operate and make money.
- Venture Financing
- Remote or in person
Registered and Unregistered Offerings
An introduction to public offerings and private placements, including the most common types of registered and unregistered offerings.
- Securities Offerings
- Remote or in person
Remote Depositions
Taking, defending, and preparing for a remote deposition, including technology challenges, ethical issues, handling exhibits, and prepping a witness.
- Depositions
- Remote or in person
Reply Briefs
Drafting a reply brief, including how to reiterate your arguments without being repetitive and how to respond effectively to the opposition’s arguments.
- Motion Practice
- Remote or in person