Telestrat is a worldwide leader in continuing legal education (CLE) courses. Our Telestrat MBA Seminar Series has brought the world of finance, accounting, and business strategy to lawyers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Corporate Finance & Valuation for Lawyers

Pittsburgh, PA - Approved for 6.0 substantive and 1.0 ethics

This seminar has been postponed, but a new date has not yet been set. Please contact our office at 1.877.647.5460 for more info.

Date:November 18, 2010
Time:9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown
Tuition:$399 (until November 4, 2010)
$449 (after November 4, 2010)

(Call about special group rates)

With issues related to financial management becoming more relevant today than ever, the role an attorney plays in structuring transactions, negotiating deal terms, and coordinating the underwriting process is becoming increasingly important. These courses have been offered across the country and most attendees deem them "one of the best CLE courses they have ever attended." We have designed this Continuing Legal Education (CLE/MCLE) course to better equip attorneys with the financial tools to understand and apply the more quantitative aspects of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and financial management.

90 minutes
Capital Structure
Financial Analysis, Debt, Equity, Dividends
90 minutes
Capital Budgeting
Projections, Replacement Value, Payback
60 minutes
Lunch (on your own)
105 minutes
Return Analysis
ROI/ROC, Time Value of Money, NPV, IRR
75 minutes
Mechanics of Valuation
Valuation Basics, Valuation Methods, DCF, Comparable Multiple
60 minutes
Cost of Capital/Discount Rate
Cost of Equity, Dividend Growth Model, CAPM, WACC

Reuben Advani

Former Investment Banker, Author, Professor

Reuben Advani is president of Telestrat Consulting, Inc., a financial advisory boutique which specializes in corporate valuation. Mr. Advani began his career with the Wall Street bank, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. where he worked in the firm’s corporate finance division. At Morgan Stanley, he performed detailed valuation analysis on acquisition targets for Fortune 500 companies and oversaw the coordination of several debt and equity issuances. After Morgan Stanley, Mr. Advani joined Sony Corporation of America where he was active in the development of Sony's online initiatives. Mr. Advani has provided consulting services to companies throughout the U.S. and Latin America and has held interim positions with several of them including CFO and COO. He is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from corporate valuation to financial reporting and is the author of The Wall Street MBA (McGraw-Hill).

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Mr. Advani holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School, and serves as an adjunct professor of finance at Drexel University.

Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown
945 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.434.5551

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