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Proposed Ethics Changes in a Time of Private Equity, APS
Ethics
Webcast

Proposed Ethics Changes in a Time of Private Equity, APS

Learn the ins and outs of the recently released ethics exposure draft on alternative practice structures, including those involving private equity.

$89 - $109
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Format

Webcast

Date

Mar 02, 2026

NASBA Field of Study

Regulatory Ethics

Level

Intermediate

CPE Credits

2

Instructor

Joan Farris, Lisa Snyder, Anna Patches Dourdourekas

Availability

3 months

Product Number

WC5206105

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Product Details

The AICPA Professional Ethics Division is hosting a live webcast to review proposed revisions to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct related to alternative practice structures, including those involving private equity. The session will provide attendees with actionable insights to help them evaluate and comment on the proposal.

CPAs, firm leaders, compliance professionals, regulators, and other stakeholders are encouraged to submit feedback on the exposure draft by April 30, 2026.

Presenters will deliver a detailed overview of the proposed revisions, enabling attendees to:

  • Understand the proposed changes and their implications for firms operating within alternative practice structures
  • Engage in the comment process and contribute meaningful feedback to the standard‑setting effort

Key Topics

  • Purpose of exposure draft and invitation to comment
  • APS models and terminology
  • Network firms
  • Covered members
  • Relationships that impair independence
  • Application of the conceptual framework
  • Form of organization

Learning Outcomes

  • Distinguish the structure and characteristics of alternative practice structures.
  • Determine network firms and covered members.
  • Determine relationships and circumstances that impair independence.
  • Determine circumstances when the conceptual framework approach may be used.
  • Apply other revisions related to the undue influence threat and form of organization.

Who Will Benefit

  • CPAs
  • Firm leaders and compliance professionals
  • Regulators
  • State CPA societies
  • Standard setters
  • Investors
  • Academics
Credit Info
CPE Credits
2
NASBA Field of Study
Regulatory Ethics
Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
A general understanding of alternative practice structures. A general understanding of the “Independence Rule” (ET sec. 1.200.001) and its interpretations.
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
2 hrs
For more information, please refer to CPE requirements and NASBA sponsorship information
Pricing
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Nonmembers
$109.00
AICPA Members
$89.00
CIMA Members
$89.00

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Speakers
Joan Farris
CPA
Joan Farris, certified public accountant, is a senior manager in the AICPA’s Professional Ethics Division – Public Accounting, based in Durham, NC. She investigates allegations of AICPA and state CPA society members who may have violated the codes of professional conduct of the AICPA and state societies. She also works on member enrichment and standard setting projects determined by the Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC). Prior to joining the AICPA in 2022, Joan was a senior accountant in Connecticut working in the areas of tax, auditing, and peer review. Joan taught accounting courses as adjunct faculty and served in the U.S. Coast Guard as a public affairs specialist. Joan received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, and her master’s degree in accounting from Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts. She is a member of the AICPA and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Lisa Snyder
Lisa is BDO’s National Managing Principal - Independence and located in the Woodbridge, NJ office. Lisa oversees the National Independence Department and is responsible for ensuring the firm and its professionals comply with the profession’s independence rules, including those of the SEC, PCAOB, AICPA and IESBA. In her role, Lisa provides consultation to engagement teams regarding the application of the independence rules and develops independence resources and tools for the assurance, tax and advisory practices. She is also responsible for all aspects of the firm’s quality control policies and procedures on independence including, BDO’s investment tracking system, restricted entity database, annual independence confirmations (for BDO professionals and Member Firms) and independence audits of the firm’s managers, directors and partners. Lisa is also a member of the BDO Global Ethics and Independence Steering Committee which sets independence policy for the BDO international network of firms. Lisa was previously the Senior Director of Professional Ethics at the AICPA where she was responsible for overseeing the activities of the Professional Ethics Division, including its ethics enforcement and standard-setting. In her role, Lisa also oversaw the standard-setting activities of the Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) which is responsible for establishing ethics and independence standards for the PEEC and actively participates on various PEEC task forces. For over 25 years, Lisa has been actively involved in international independence and ethics standard-setting through her previous service as both a technical advisor and member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants. Prior to joining the AICPA, Lisa was an Auditor Manager at Deloitte & Touché, LLP working primarily with manufacturing clients. She received her MBA in Professional Accounting from Rutgers Graduate School of Management, Newark, New Jersey. Lisa is a certified public accountant in the state of New Jersey and is a member of the AICPA and New Jersey Society of CPAs.
Anna Patches Dourdourekas
CPA
Anna is the partner in charge of Grant Thornton LLP's independence and ethical standards. She is currently managing over 100 professionals in the U.S. and Bangalore, India who conduct research, perform relationship checking for audit and non-audit services and business relationships, monitor personal compliance, and consult on independence and ethics matters. Anna has been involved with the AICPA Ethics Division in various capacities, including serving on Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) task forces. She has served as a PEEC member since 2015 and was appointed PEEC chair in 2023, a role in which she continues to serve. Anna has 30 years of experience in the accounting/auditing profession. She has been in public accounting since 1993. She has provided professional services (audit and internal audit) to both private and public companies. She joined Grant Thornton LLP in 2002 as an experienced audit manager in the Chicago Audit Practice, serving professional service firms and private manufacturing companies. In 2005, she joined the Independence and Ethical Standards Group. One of her functions is consultation with the firm's partners and professionals on various independence and ethics matters, including conflict of interest issues, involving them and firm clients. She also works closely with other internal client serving groups on firm initiatives relating to independence and ethics. She oversees the development and maintenance of the firm's independence and ethics resources, publications, and training. Anna actively supports the firm's senior leadership, from an independence and conflict of interest perspective, in its merger and acquisitions activities. Subsequent to completion of firm acquisitions, she provides support to incoming partners and professionals. This includes consultation on personal compliance matters and relationship checking assistance. It also involves additional training in independence and ethics issues (e.g. the performance of non-audit services for audit clients and their affiliates) and guidance in restructuring services, when possible, to ensure their continuation. Anna is regarded as an expert in independence and ethics within our firm. Independence partners and professionals from other accounting firms, including Grant Thornton member firms, contact her for independence guidance.
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