Pocket MBA 2024: Finance for Lawyers and Other Professionals
Pocket MBA is a hallmark program designed to improve your understanding of business strategies, accounting fundamentals, and industry jargon used by auditors, bankers, and investors. Updated to address current topics in finance, an experienced group of accounting professionals, economists, and attorneys will introduce accounting concepts and principles, discuss lessons learned from their experience, and share guidance on the industry. From financial statements to economic concepts in litigation, this two-day program will provide a broad overview of finance and the practical legal considerations that emerge in the business world.
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
- Better understand accounting fundamentals and core concepts
- Assess key factors shaping financial reporting
- Navigate financial statements and interpret the stories they tell about the entity
- Gain insight into how economics can be relevant in certain client matters
- Get an introduction to valuations and what goes into evaluating the financial healthy of an entity
Mayer Brown partner Peter Wolf will speak on the “Closing the Transaction: Practical Legal Considerations” panel session.
For more information, please visit the PLI website.
