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  1. Management Incentives in Private Equity Deals

    An introduction to equity and non-equity incentives, including incentive units, RSUs, rollover equity, deferred compensation, SARs, phantom units, and change of control bonuses.

    • Private Equity
    • Remote or in person

  2. Key Roles in a Private Equity Fund

    The key participants in a limited partnership, including the general partner, limited partners, deal professionals, portfolio companies, and holding companies.

    • Private Equity
    • Remote or in person

  3. Equity Commitment Letters

    Contents of an equity commitment letter, their role in securing financing commitments, and their specific implications in private equity mergers and acquisitions.

    • Private Equity
    • Remote or in person

  4. Understanding Your Private Equity Client’s Business

    The three main stages of an investment—the acquisition phase, the holding period, and the divestment phase, including valuing a target, maximizing returns, operational improvements, and exit strategies.

    • Private Equity
    • Remote or in person

  5. LLMs: Introduction and Risks

    An introduction to how Large Language Models (LLMs) work, their applications in legal practice, and key risks and limitations, including hallucinations, bias, and data security concerns.

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Remote or in person

  6. GenAI Issues in Commercial Agreements

    An introduction to how GenAI is impacting commercial agreements, focusing on four key areas: training rights for AI models, ownership of inputs and outputs, managing IP infringement risks, and necessary use restrictions.

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Remote or in person

  7. Debt Financing in Private Equity

    How debt is used to finance private equity work, including various types of senior debt, subordinated debt, and high-yield debt.

    • Private Equity
    • Remote or in person

  8. Rep & Warranty Insurance

    An overview of rep & warranty insurance, including how it works, key terms, and its impact on a purchase agreement, negotiations, and due diligence.

    • M&A Basics
    • Unspecified

  9. Reps & Warranties in M&A Deals

    A discussion of reps and warranties in an M&A deal, including buyer and seller reps, qualifiers, the connection between reps and disclosure schedules, and how breaches of reps impact other provisions in the purchase agreement.

    • M&A Basics
    • Remote or in person

  10. AI Ethics and Professional Responsibility

    An introduction to how existing ethics rules apply to AI use in legal practice, focusing on areas including technological competence, confidentiality, supervision responsibilities, tribunal candor, and ethical billing practices.

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Unspecified

  11. Indemnification Mechanisms in M&A

    An overview of the various components that make up indemnification in a private M&A deal, including caps and baskets, survival periods, escrows, sandbagging provisions, and rep and warranty insurance.

    • M&A Basics
    • Remote or in person