Short, practical videos with quizzes and summaries.
See all 366An 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.
How a company authorizes its actions, including how to determine when board and stockholder approval is needed, how approvals can be obtained, the difference between resolutions, consents, and minutes, and how to determine the voting threshold needed for an approval.
An examination of what disclosure letters are, how they work as a risk allocation tool alongside warranties, and the drafting and negotiating process. The course covers general versus specific disclosures, disclosure standards, and how buyer knowledge affects warranty protection.
Discussion of how to take an expert deposition, including rules and procedure, preparing for the deposition, challenging an expert’s opinions, strategic considerations, and questioning techniques.
How to draft an engaging, effective preliminary statement, including what to include and how to make it persuasive.
An introduction to fraud carve-outs and the issues parties consider when defining fraud, such as who’s liable, whose knowledge matters, what types of fraud claims can be brought, and what statements can form the basis for a fraud claim. Features interviews with ABA M&A Committee members Glenn West from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Tali Sealman from White & Case LLP.
Curated course lists for self-paced learning, with CLE available in most MCLE states.
See all 69An advanced look at trial practice. Includes how to create and use a master trial plan, run a trial team, set yourself up well for an appeal, and make sure your witnesses are ready.
This track explores how private equity deals are financed, how management incentives are structured, and the strategies funds use to create value.
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.
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.
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.
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.