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A discussion of the different types of debt financing used in private equity, including senior debt, subordinated debt, and high-yield debt.

A summary of common error messages in Excel and how to find and fix errors. Includes descriptions of #VALUE!, #######, #DIV/0!, #NULL!, #N/A, #NAME? and #REF!.

Ethical considerations that come into play throughout trial. Discusses ethical duties related to your client, witnesses, the judge and jury, the opposing party, and the public.

An advanced strategic discussion of summary judgment motions, whether you’re the moving or opposing party—including deciding whether to move, choosing your arguments, and presenting the facts.

A look at security interests, including different types of collateral, how security interests are created through attachment, the perfection process, and lien priority. This course also includes an introduction to Article 9 of the UCC.

The key financial concepts in capital markets practice, including types of securities, pricing, securities offerings and periodic reporting.

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 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.

This program covers the structure of private equity funds, key deal types, how PE firms approach transactions, and the differences between strategic M&A and Private Equity M&A.

How to nail your oral argument, both in person and virtually; how to draft your brief persuasively; and how to make sure everything in your brief is cited properly.

The basics of due diligence and closings in M&A deals. Includes an overview of the diligence process, tips for conducting due diligence, the closing process, the differences between simultaneous and delayed closings, and guidance on drafting key closing documents.

An introduction to the discovery process in civil litigation, including discovery requests, written responses and objections, interrogatories, requests for admission, depositions, and e-discovery.