Longford Capital Expands Geographic Presence to Dallas; Hires Top Local Talent
CHICAGO– Longford Capital today announced the opening of its office in Dallas, Texas, and has recruited a senior litigator and trial lawyer to head the expansion.
CHICAGO– Longford Capital today announced the opening of its office in Dallas, Texas, and has recruited a senior litigator and trial lawyer to head the expansion.
Litigation funding is now firmly entrenched in the Legal Services market – or more accurately, half the Legal Services market. While plaintiff-side funding is all the rage, defense-side funding is…
Journalist Peter Greste, formerly of Al Jazeera’s Egyptian bureau, was imprisoned by the Egyptian government for coordinating with The Muslim Brotherhood, a group branded a terrorist organization by Egyptian authorities….
On this episode of The Litigation Finance Podcast, we sat down with Yasmin Mohammad to discuss international arbitration, specifically the role that arbitral institutions are playing as relates to litigation…
This webinar is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter™ and part of the “Commercial Litigation Funding 101” series. It will feature Jeremy Waitzman (Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP); Evan Fried (Greybridge Capital LLC); Ken Epstein (Bentham IMF); and Joel Cohen (Stout).
As the legal funding market evolves, so too do the legal/ethical jurisprudence, strategic decisions inherent in utilizing funding, financial instruments used for funding, and nature of funder/funded relationship. In this webinar, a panel of experienced litigation funding professionals examine three live legal funding deals, and discuss how they impact considerations of (i) disclosure of litigation funding, (ii) fee-splitting and non-attorney ownership of law firms, and (iii) financial engineering of innovative funding deals.
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The Challenge
Multi Funding USA is a pre-settlement finance provider that serves attorneys and their plaintiffs. The company has been serving clients for nearly a decade, providing millions of dollars in financial support in jurisdictions like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Texas, California, Florida, and Washington. Through its pre-settlement funding services, plaintiffs can access much needed funds during the often lengthy settlement process as they wait for their cases to be resolved. When a case concludes in favor of the plaintiff, Multi Funding recoups its investment at a preferred rate of return.
Zachary Cefaratti, the CEO of Dubai-based Dalma Capital is classifying litigation funding as “the most attractive asset class we’ve seen.” Cefaratti loves the risk/return profile, coupled with the relatively short lifecycle of…
YieldStreet, the digital platform for crowdfunded alternative investments including litigation finance and real estate, is expanding into art financing with the purchase of Athena Art Finance for $170MM. Read More…