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Bryant Park Capital Advises ProMed Capital Ventures in Sale to Experity Ventures

By John Freund |

NEW YORKJuly 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bryant Park Capital (“BPC”), a leading middle-market investment bank, announced today that ProMed Capital Ventures, LLC (“ProMed” or the “Company”), a leading provider of financing to medical practices and facilities in the United States, has been sold to Experity Ventures, LLC, the parent company for several specialty finance and legal funding related services businesses in the United States, including Nexify Holdings, Medsolve Financial Group, and Thrivest Legal Funding, LLC dba Thrivest Link. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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HFW, KPMG AND AUGUSTA VENTURES JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY COVID-19

By John Freund |

HFW, KPMG and Augusta Ventures are pleased to announce a non-exclusive project to assist companies facing problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. Together, they will provide a global ‘one-stop shop’ that can quickly support companies needing assistance by facilitating funding for supporting litigation and arbitration from Augusta, and a package of legal assistance, asset tracing and enforcement measures from HFW and KPMG.

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District Court in Poznań, Poland rejects Mariusz Świtalski’s request to lift injunction

By John Freund |

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30, 2020 — Forteam Investments Ltd., an investment company controlled by the American private equity firm Delta Capital Partners Management LLC (“Delta”), which is seeking approximately USD $86 million from Mariusz Świtalski and companies he controls, has secured an injunction against Świtalski and his assets.

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Validity Finance Welcomes University of Chicago Law Student for 2020 Equal Access Fellowship

By John Freund |

NEW YORK (June 24, 2020) – Leading litigation funder Validity Finance has selected University of Chicago Law School law student Amber S. Stewart for its 2020 Equal Access Fellowship. The program, launched last year, provides a 10-week paid summer fellowship to first-year law students of diverse backgrounds to spend the first half of their summer at Validity learning the basic principles of litigation funding before spending the second half working at the non-profit of their choice. Validity is one of the only funders to provide such a program for first-year law students.

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Pre-Settlement Lawsuit Funding Company Tribeca Capital Launches COVID-19 Program

By John Freund |

NEW YORKJune 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In an effort to use its resources to bring relief and hope to those affected by unprecedented global circumstances, Tribeca Capital Group, LLC, an industry leader in pre-settlement lawsuit funding, announces that it has developed an initiative to reach lawsuit plaintiffs who have been touched by COVID-19 or have been negatively impacted by the sharp downturn in the economy.

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Parabellum Capital Announces Final Close of Latest Litigation Finance Fund

By John Freund |

Total Commitments Exceeding $465 Million

Parabellum Capital LLC (“Parabellum”), a leader in commercial litigation finance, today announced the final closing of its latest private investment fund, Parabellum Partners II, LP (the “Fund”), with over $465 million in commitments. The Fund is Parabellum’s second broadly-offered private investment fund since its founding in 2012.

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LexShares Launches $100 Million Litigation Finance Fund

By John Freund |

LexShares, a leader in commercial litigation finance, today announced the launch of LexShares Marketplace Fund II (LMFII). With a $100 million target fund size, LMFII will invest in litigation-related assets offered on the LexShares platform. LMFII opens on the heels of the company’s 100th legal claim investment, making LexShares one of the most active litigation funding firms in the world.

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Baker Street Funding Announces Increase in Commercial Litigation Funding Due to COVID-19

By John Freund |

Baker Street Funding, America’s #1 Choice for Legal Funding Firm, announced today that they have launched a commercial litigation focused legal funding division. This new division will focus on commercial litigation, lawsuit loans, or advances and attorney loans. Commercial litigation is often extremely complex and time-consuming. The cost of litigating these claims has increased exponentially and Baker Street Funding finds it as an under-served market in which they can thrive.

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Leste Group Welcomes Rodrigo Machado as Managing Director of US Real Estate

By John Freund |

MIAMIJune 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Leste Group is pleased to announce that Rodrigo Machado has joined its team as Managing Director of US Real Estate. Mr. Machado joined in May 2020 and will be focused on further expanding Leste Group’s Real Estate investments business across the USA, in addition to overseeing Leste Group’s existing investments in the Multifamily, Single Family Homes for Rental, Hospitality and Healthcare sectors.

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Litigation Funder Validity Finance Expands to Israel, Taps Noted U.S. Litigation and International Arbitration Lawyer Eli Schulman to Head the First Israel Office of a U.S. Funder

By John Freund |

TEL AVIV (June 2, 2020) – Leading U.S. litigation funder Validity Finance has opened its first international office, in Tel Aviv, recruiting prominent international-disputes lawyer Eli Schulman to head its Israel operations. Validity is the first U.S.-based funder to open an office in Israel.

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Australian Regulation of Litigation Funders

By John Freund |

AIM-listed Litigation Capital Management Limited (LCM), a leading international provider of disputes financing solutions, notes the announcement on 22 May 2020 by the Federal Treasurer of Australia, Josh Frydenberg, that litigation funders operating in Australia will be subject to new regulation requiring them to obtain and maintain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL).

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UK Legal Industry Growth Slows As Covid-19 Impacts

By John Freund |

The UK Legal Industry generated revenues of £9.34bn in the first calendar quarter of 2020, down 6.6% on the final quarter of 2019. And while there are usually falls between Q4 and Q1 due to seasonal factors, the drop this quarter was the highest in four years, a full one percentage point greater than the drop in the same period in the prior year. The final weeks of March cover the period when Covid-19 was beginning to impact the economy.

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Baker Street Funding Doubles-Down on Funding Efforts into Settled Cases to Help Create Immediate Liquidity for Attorneys and Their Clients Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4678997#ixzz6MHRUD7vR

By John Freund |

Baker Street Funding, LLC (Baker Street), a legal funding company located in New York and South Florida, is committing to increasing their litigation funding efforts on settled cases. This type of legal funding provides contingency fee based attorney and their clients with immediate liquidity to help bridge the gap between settlement and payment distribution.

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Legal-Bay Announces Increase in Commercial Litigation Requests Due to Covid-19

By John Freund |

CALDWELL, N.J.May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, the Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, announced that they have launched a new legal funding division for commercial litigation, lawsuit loans or advances, and attorney loans for law firms. Commercial litigation cases can be extremely complex and require expansive resources for both plaintiffs and law firms to fight properly. Legal-Bay sees this as an under-served market and has built a new division to accommodate the needs of this market.

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Financial Poise™ Announces “Commercial Litigation Funding-101” a New Webinar Series Premiering May 12th at 1:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™

By John Freund |

The first episode in this series is titled “An Introduction to a New Yet Old Funding Alternative” and is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter™. It will feature Jeremy Waitzman (Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP); Dave Kerstein (Validity Finance LLC); Christopher Freeman (Burford Capital); Joel Cohen (Stout); and Jeffery Lula (GLS Capital, LLC).

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Balanced Bridge Ramps Up Funding Efforts to Help Plaintiffs & Attorneys Quickly Monetize Settled Cases

By John Freund |

Balanced Bridge Funding, LLC (“Balanced Bridge”), a specialty finance firm based outside Philadelphia, is ramping up their legal funding efforts to provide capital to plaintiffs and attorneys working on a contingency fee basis. Balanced Bridge’s post-settlement funding product is specifically designed to help bridge applicants from the time of settlement to final distribution of payment.

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TriMark Legal Funding Announces Extension of $3,500 Automatic-Approval Pre-Settlement Funding to Aid People Impacted by Coronavirus/COVID-19

By John Freund |

EUGENE, Ore.April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TriMark Legal Funding LLC, one of the nation’s leading pre-settlement funding companies since 2003, announced today that, due to overwhelming popularity, it has extended its financial relief initiative originally launched on March 24th to provide $3,500 in immediate cash assistance to people nationwide who are currently involved in civil lawsuits and have been negatively impacted by Coronavirus/COVID-19. No ending date has been set.

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Lex Mundi Publishes Interactive Global Attorney-Client Privilege Guide For General Counsel

By John Freund |

HOUSTONApril 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Lex Mundi, in conjunction with members of the Lex Mundi Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Group, has published the first-of-its kind interactive guide – Lex Mundi Global Attorney-Client Privilege Guide. This one-of-a kind guide allows users to compare common and civil law attorney-client privilege information for more than 65 jurisdictions around the world — all in a side-by-side customized report.

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USClaims Again Named Best Consumer Litigation Funding Provider

By John Freund |

DRB Financial Solutions, LLC, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, USClaims (www.USClaims.com), America’s premier pre-settlement funding company, was recently chosen as America’s Best Consumer Litigation Funding Provider by the audience of Corporate Counsel, the leading national legal and business news publication for in-house counsel at global companies.

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