Join Bennett Jones and external facilitator, Dr. John Freidlan, PhD, CA, for the third in our four part Financial Statements and Financial Reporting Series. Lawyers and in-house legal counsel frequently work with financial statements and other accounting information. This series of seminars is designed to demystify accounting and provide lawyers with the knowledge and understanding they need to work confidently with accounting information. Our third seminar deals with the Cash Flow Statement, the Statement of Shareholders' Equity and the Notes to the Financial Statements and will cover:

• Why the statement of cash flow is important
• Types of cash flows
• Understanding the difference between cash flow and income
• Earnings management
• Areas of flexibility in financial reporting

The seminar will have a practical focus and examples from actual financial statements are used extensively to demonstrate the issues discussed.

Date: Monday, November 14, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m. - Lunch | 12:30 p.m. - Presentation
Place: Bennett Jones' Toronto Office, 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, 34th floor

CPD Credit Information

Total CPD: 0.5 credit hours toward professionalism content + 1.0 credit hours towards substantive content
New Members: 1.5 credit hours

For more information on the session or to attend, please contact Regina Goldis at 416.777.6506 or GoldisR@bennettjones.com .