Understanding Accounting and Financial Statements for In-house Counsel

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Understanding key accounting principles and financial statements is a key asset for in-house counsel to spot red flags, assess strategic options more effectively, and provide better informed legal and business advice to the organization. This session will teach in-house counsel how to examine the factors that affect your organization’s profitability, understand certain financial documents, and identify red flags that signal financial difficulties or accounting problems.

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Understanding Accounting and Financial Statements for In-house Counsel
09/16/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)  |  75 minutes
09/16/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)  |  75 minutes
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Michael Smith

Associate Professor of Accounting

Boston University Questrom School of Business

Professor Michael Smith is an associate professor of accounting at the Boston University Questrom School of Business. Professor Smith’s teaching interests include financial and managerial accounting, especially financial reporting and analysis of financial statements. He has taught in several full-time, executive, and weekend executive MBA programs. Professor Smith has broad research interests including multinational transfer pricing, executive compensation, financial disclosure and accounting microstructure. His research has been published in several academic journals, including The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance; and Journal of Management Accounting Research. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston University, he was a member of the faculty at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he was the winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award for the Cross-Continent MBA. Previously, he worked in the mortgage banking industry and as a futures trader. Mr. Smith received a PhD from Stanford University.


https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/michael-smith/