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Financial Analysis for In-house Practitioners: Reading Between the Headlines - power point presentation

Learn the basics relating to environmental, health, and safety auditing, an important element of corporate governance. Our program will include assessment of ongoing operations as well as potential mergers and acquisitions. Topics will include the scope of an audit and preparation, (particularly Federal and State audit privilege laws) and means of establishing potential privileges for the resulting reports.

If you work in the consumer finance or banking field you can’t afford to miss this session. Hear from our panel of experts about recent developments this year in consumer finance and banking regulation. This session will provide an overview of significant cases and legal developments and help you stay on top of your practice in this area.

Canadian CCU 2007: It's all a numbers game. The business people often complain that the lawyers do not understand the numbers, so come learn how to prove them wrong. Using real-world examples, this session will provided a review of basic legal accounting requirements, an overview of the basic financial principles underlying the operation of a corporation, and a checklist, which will help you become more proficient when dealing with financial matters.

The European Union has been preparing new rules on the provision of financial services across EU borders, called MiFid, that will apply broadly across Europe and allow easier and broader access to European financial markets through a common set of rules. At the same time, outside financial services firms are advancing at a fast pace in China, taking advantage of continuing liberalization efforts there. Take this opportunity to learn about the legal issues that corporate counsel and compliance staff should be most concerned about when it comes to expansion efforts in the E.U.

The highly regulated nature of financial services firms poses unique legal issues for the in-house lawyer charged with ensuring the adequacy of directors and officers insurance. Here is your opportunity to issue spot challenges and identify new insurance product offerings and trends with your peers. Benchmark the most important elements to look for and negotiate in D&O insurance for a financial services firm.

Designed for small law practitioners, this program asks CLO Club participants to work within groups of ten to respond to a hypothetical problem: the CEO and CFO have asked the CLO to develop a plan for taking a more proactive role in ensuring financial compliance and they want advice on spotting and preventing financial fraud, how to better manage the audit process and auditor contract negotiation, and what to do to ensure that the board is properly engaged in reviewing the company’s financial processes.

The genesis of the vast majority of corporate scandals erupting over the last decade has been financial bad behavior. Thus, it behooves in-house counsel to understand the basic how, what, when, where, and why of financial statements, balance sheets, and accounting principles. Otherwise even in the best-case scenario in-house counsel might find himself/herself fiddling while Rome burns, or worse, active or passive participants in financial mismanagement. The good news is that you don't have to become an accountant to understand these concepts, but you do have to educate yourself.

In this session you will learn about the four main financial statements: balance sheets; income statements; cash flow statements; statements of shareholders’ equity and
the difference in publicly-traded vs. private companies’ perspectives on these reports. Understanding the dynamics of the main four is critical to any senior counsel managing a business unit or General Counsel and will assist you in tracking areas of concern and providing the appropriate strategic recommendations.

This resources discusses Canadian national and Ontario provincial laws that pertain to actions leading to an unsettling financial result.

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