A specialist Litigation Funder which has offices in Manchester, Dublin and The Netherlands, has appointed an internationally renowned finance executive as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Finance veteran, Robin Grant, has joined Nera Capital bringing over 25 years’ experience in dealing with various asset classes and investment strategies.
As a long-standing chartered accountant, Mr Grant explained that he has gained extensive UK and international experience with large firms through to start-ups and is now delighted to join the team at Nera Capital.
“The company has always been successful, and at the moment it is on a steep growth curve which makes Nera Capital increasingly attractive to additional institutional investors,” he said.
“The firm has an exceptional business model where pursuit of justice for the benefit of claimants is at the heart of everything it does while also generating superior risk adjusted returns for our investors. It’s a win-win for everyone except the corporate wrongdoers.
“I’m very pleased to be at Nera and aim to make a positive contribution as part of the management team.”
Mr Grant added that Nera Capital’s success is due to the team working quickly to undertake due diligence, understand the return proposition and do the work needed to get claim strategies into an investable position.
“Once we get there, we move very quickly to deploy funds and aggressively manage the litigation process to get the claims in a position where we can start settling them,” he added.
“The professionalism of the team is unrivalled; this is a team with a strong proven track record.
“They’ve done it for years, they’re all from high-quality institutional, backgrounds and they’re all really passionate about what they do, it’s a very exciting time for the team.”
Reflecting on his own career, Robin explained: “My journey after I left university began with three hard years training to be a chartered accountant with BDO in London.
“It’s an exciting sector to be involved in with lots of challenges and its these that make it enjoyable.” With a craving to earn international finance experience after his qualification in London, Mr Grant boarded a plane to Bermuda and spent the next five years gaining exposure to banking, captive insurance and hedge fund sectors, having stints with PwC and Lombard Odier.
Looking back on his time, he explained: “I ended up living in Bermuda for five years and the Cayman Islands for two years before returning to London.
“Once back in the UK I gained further experience with large institutions, I was CFO of GLG Partners’ Fund of Funds division (now part of Man Group PLC) and boutique firms, such as Tabula Investment Management Ltd (now part of Janus Henderson), RS Platou Asset Management (now part of Clarksons PLC) and Quantmetrics Capital.
“These experiences are the grounding for everything I have done since then, and I’ve enjoyed taking that skillset and applying it to my role with Nera Capital.”
Speaking about Mr Grant’s appointment, Director of Nera Capital, Aisling Byrne, said the team were delighted to welcome him aboard and look forward to growing the firm together.
She said: “This year Nera Capital has been able to expand substantially, while achieving significant milestones with multiple investments around the world and large settlements being also achieved “
“We are confident that Mr Grant will be able to guide our team through further growth, while we focus on investment returns and justice in the legal system.”
About Nera Capital
· Established in 2011, Nera Capital is a specialist funding provider to law firms.
· Provides Law Firm Lend funding across diverse claim portfolios in both the Consumer and Commercial sector.
· Headquartered in Dublin, the firm also has offices in Manchester and Holland.
· Member of European Litigation Funders Association
