Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer - Couverture souple

Dickie, Robert B.; Russo, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1641056371 ISBN 13 : 9781641056373

Editeur : American Bar Association, 2022

Synopsis

To help lawyers gain a practical, working knowledge of financial concepts, terminology, and documents, this new edition provides the know-how to translate a client's financial goals into practical legal solutions. Whether handling the sale of a company, negotiating a loan agreement, preparing disclosure documents, or handling securities cases, this book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, explains which valuation techniques are suitable for specific situations, and weighs the risks and rewards of creating value by acquisition.

This comprehensive resource provides detailed guidance on how to analyze the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. With added chapters and updates to stay current with the ever-changing and complex rules, this guide will help you:

• Understand the content and purpose of financial statements and the rules by which they are prepared
• Identify and avert securities fraud by knowing how to analyze revenues
• Learn the warning signs in gross margins, operating margins, and net margins
• Recognize the degree of liquidity or illiquidity the balance sheet indicates
• Assess a company's financial leverage
• Learn how to monitor a company's operating, investing, and financing activities
• Identify whether a company is an absorber or generator of cash
• Explore the M&A process
• And much more!

A detailed index and glossary of common terms and abbreviations and terms are also included.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Robert B. Dickie is the founder of The Dickie Group, which provides training in finance and accounting to most of the country's leading law firms and to the in-house legal departments of numerous Fortune 100 companies. In addition, The Dickie Group provides financial services including corporate valuations, damages assessment, and expert witness services. Mr. Dickie is a graduate of Yale University and the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall). He was a corporate specialist at Shearman & Sterling in New York and is a member of the state bars of California, Massachusetts, and New York. He is a former professor of management, with tenure, at Boston University's School of Management and has served on the boards of directors of several privately-owned corporations.

Peter R. Russo retired from the Boston University Questrom School of Business in 2017, where he served for 15 years as Executive in Residence and Senior Lecturer.? During that time, he served terms as the Faculty Director of both the Entrepreneurship Program and the Executive MBA Program.

From 1983 to 1998, he was the President and CEO of Data Instruments (now Honeywell Data Instruments).

Peter is a Certified Public Accountant and currently serves as advisor and board member for a number of commercial and not-for-profit organizations. A graduate of Montclair State University, he earned an MBA from Harvard University, where he was elected a Baker Scholar.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Bar Association
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1641056371
• ISBN 13: 9781641056373
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 460
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible