Pocket MBA Fall 2014: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals

9-10 October 2014

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, 4900 Key Tower, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Why you should attend:

The ability to identify and appropriately use financial and accounting information is relevant to a wide range of legal and regulatory matters for attorneys and other professionals. Litigators and transactional attorneys will benefit from this practical course designed specifically for non-accountants and taught by members of the nation’s top accounting, tax and advisory firms, leading law firms, in-house counsel and universities.

What you will learn:

Key factors shaping financial reporting
Foundational finance, accounting and economics terminology and principles
How to “navigate” and understand the basic financial statements - the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and statement of shareholders’ equity
Practical corporate finance concepts, including financial ratios and analysis
The use of valuations in business transactions and fairness opinions, as well as in common claims and defenses in litigation
Examination of fraud in financial statements

Program is approved for 12.5 hours of CLE; (11.50 general instruction and 1.00 ethics instruction).

Please contact Robin Hallagan if you would like to attend, there is a cost associated with this program.

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