Forensic Accounting for Lawyers

About This Course

This course equips legal professionals with a practical understanding of forensic accounting and financial statement fraud. Participants will explore common fraud schemes and earnings manipulation techniques, and examine the role forensic accountants play across investigations, disputes, regulatory matters and litigation. The course covers investigative techniques used to identify financial irregularities, trace transactions and analyse financial evidence, as well as how to read financial statement notes, disclosures and governance indicators that may signal misstatement or concealment. It also addresses how forensic accounting reports and expert evidence are prepared and used in legal proceedings. Through practical exercises involving investigations, asset tracing and dispute scenarios, participants will learn to work effectively alongside forensic accountants and financial experts.