[Executive Education, Inc. - Seminars for Corporate Financial Managers & Management Advisory Services]

Full Day Seminar

Business Law Refresher

What Every Financial Manager Should Know

Today’s financial manager takes on increasingly broad responsibilities, including those that require decisions dealing with issues likely to attract legal scrutiny. Such law-sensitive issues are often fast moving, outside the normal course of business and carries high risk. A manager who can successfully navigate difficult legal waters has a key competence. A manager who triggers legal liability will find it casts a long shadow over a career.

This session focuses legal issues with which every upper level financial manager should be familiar.

Topics Discussed

  • Know the top 5 legal mistakes small companies make and how to avoid them
  • Recognize one transaction characteristic especially likely to cause legal problems:  sometimes the “smell test” isn’t enough!
  • Understand why some business deals take especially long to negotiate 
  • Know how to recognize, in advance, which deals will ultimately fall apart  
  • Learn techniques to avoid common negotiating mistakes that waste time and money
  • Understand strategies to build partnerships or special purpose entities
  • Gain practical tips for dealing with customers in financial trouble
  • Be aware of two fast growing areas of litigation and what you can do to minimize the impact on your company’s profits

Cases and Group Discussion

This seminar includes five interactive exercises as a vehicle for group discussion.

Additional Information

Target Audience: Those who are, or aspire to be, upper level financial managers

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

CPE Credit: 8 hours group live

Area of Study: Bus. Law

Prerequisite: None

Adv. Preparation: None

Author: David T. Daly, Sr.

Acronym: BLR

Scheduling: Schedule with Managing Legal Costs or Skillful Negotiations to make a 2-day seminar series