Product Details

About the Seminar
The South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Division is pleased to announce the 2024 Corporate/Transactional Law Essentials seminar. This introductory course is designed to help practitioners who are new to corporate practice and transactional law navigate the key processes and challenges in this specialized area.

 

Course planners Melissa Cassel and Will Umbach have assembled a knowledgeable faculty that will provide expert guidance in a relaxed and interactive setting. Participants will learn to assess and apply the law to practical scenarios in areas such as employment agreements and restrictive covenants, choice of entity, corporate and LLC formation, buy-sell agreements, securities, asset and stock purchase agreements, and contract review and drafting. Additionally, Bill Higgins' ethical role plays will spotlight crucial professionalism and ethical issues that can significantly impact your practice.

 

Whether you are new to the corporate/transactional field or seeking a comprehensive refresher on the most critical aspects of this complex area, this program is tailored for you.

 

Seminar Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Melissa Cassell - Morton & Gettys, LLC
Employment and Restrictive Covenant Agreements
Melissa Cassell - Morton & Gettys, LLC
Choice of Entity: Corporation or LLC
William M. Umbach - Adams and Reese LLP
Ethics Hypotheticals/Role Plays
William O. Higgins - Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani
LLC Formation
William M. Umbach - Adams and Reese LLP
Ethics Hypotheticals/Role Plays
William O. Higgins - Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani
Buy-Sell Agreements
William M. Umbach - Adams and Reese LLP
Corporate Formation
Benjamin Carlton - Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA
Securities
G. Marcus Knight - Maynard Nexsen
Buying/Selling a Business: Asset and Stock Purchase Agreement
Melissa Cassell - Morton & Gettys, LLC
Contract Review and Drafting
L. Foster Girard - Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Adjourn

 

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.25 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.

 

This seminar is a Basic level program.

 

Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2024, please use this course code: 248110EADO.

 Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2025please use this course code: 250997ADOE.

Tags Business/Corporate; Big Ticket; Essential Series