Join Bennett Jones and external facilitator Dr. John Friedlan, PhD, CA, for the fourth and final part of our 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 fourth seminar reviews Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements as well as looking at the roles of Auditors and Accountants. It will focus on: 

• Permanent and transitory earnings
• How and why earnings can be managed
• Key financial ratios
• Audits and the auditor's report
• Fair presentation
• Review engagements and compilation engagements

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

Date: Monday, December 5, 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 hours; 1.0 credit hours towards substantive hours
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 .