LONDON 4 June 2019, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation financing solutions for businesses, individuals and law firms, has announced further expansion of its international executive team with the appointment of Mitesh Modha to the position of Business Development & Origination Director.
The editors of Litigation Finance Journal wish to retract a May 19 article which asserted that Burford Capital was named as the litigation funder that turned down an Australian class action against Lynas Corp. That information is inaccurate and we regret the error.
Sydney, NSW, Australia–Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that Mitry Lawyers will speak at the Litigation Funding Conference ( https://litigationfundingconference.com) on May 31, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Rick Mitry, will speak on the current status of the law of representative proceedings.
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, announces that the court has approved a settlement in respect of one of its class action litigation projects. This follows the negotiated settlement in principle of this litigation project announced on 20 March 2019.
Dispute financing company Bentham IMF has hired well-known international arbitration expert Annie Lespérance, FCIArb, as Legal Counsel in its Montreal office as it continues to expand both its arbitration bench strength, and its presence in a growing Quebec market. Annie is the eighth lawyer to join the Canadian team, and will assist in assessing commercial litigation and arbitration matters, where clients seek funding to manage the cost or risk of pursuing a claim.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — RPX Corporation, the leading provider of patent risk management solutions, today announced that Jon Knight has joined RPX as Executive Vice President, Business Development, effective May 13, 2019.
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that Legal Capital Research Institute (Shenzhen) will speak at the 5th Litigation Funding Conference ( https://litigationfundingconference.com) on May 31, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
NEW YORK, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Leading litigation funder Validity Finance has launched a new Equal Access Fellowship, providing a paid summer fellowship to first-year law students of diverse backgrounds. For 2019, the company has selected two distinguished first-year students to spend the summer in Validity’s New York office, with an option to split their time working for a pro bono organization of their choice.
Jersey, Channel Islands, 15 May 2019. Therium Group Holdings Limited, one of the world’s leading providers of litigation, arbitration and specialty legal finance, today announced the first recipients of grant awards by Therium Access, the firm’s not- for-profit funding initiative dedicated to facilitating access to justice.
Delray Beach, FL, May 09, 2019 –(PR.com)– U.S. Claims (www.USClaims.com), America’s premiere pre-settlement funding company, was recently awarded the top ranking in two “Best Of” categories by readers of The Daily Report, a daily legal newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia that covers Georgia legal and business news. U.S. Claims will be featured in the “Best Of Edition” of the Daily Report as first place winners, in “Best Consumer Litigation Funding Provider” and “Best Law Firm Funding Provider” categories.
Oasis Financial and Key Health Medical Solutions, sister companies focused on helping personal injury victims get pre-settlement funding and access to medical care, are proud to announce their support of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC). The LATLC has served the greater Los Angeles community for 13 years, providing more than $4,400,000 in grants, gifts and goods to improve the quality of life in the community by supporting issues related to education, childhood hunger, survivors of abuse, persons with disabilities, and homelessness.
DOHA, Qatar, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Swifthold Foundation, which was defrauded by Sheikh Fahad Bin Ahmad bin Mohamed Bin Thani and his Qatari company, Fast Trading Group, awaits a crucial hearing on April 28 in the Qatari court, according to Delta Capital Partners, the American litigation finance and support firm that the foundation has retained.
CLEVELAND, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — McDonald Hopkins LLC has announced the creation of a practice group dedicated to the relatively new and exciting phenomenon of litigation finance. The firm’s Litigation Finance Practice Group is one of the first of its kind and is unique in the legal market.
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.
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.
Vannin Capital, the global expert in legal finance, has today announced the appointment of Pip Murphy and Tom McDonald as Regional Managing Directors of the Australasia region.
Located in Vannin’s Melbourne and Sydney offices respectively, Pip and Tom will have joint responsibility for leading Vannin’s Australasian business and team, which includes Managing Directors Adam Silverman (commercial litigation and arbitration) and Steven Taylor (class actions and commercial litigation).
NEW YORK (APRIL 9, 2019) – Further growing its presence in the important Texas legal market, Validity Finance announced the arrival of Wendie Childress, who joins the firm as portfolio counsel in the company’s Houston office.
Augusta Ventures, which has been on a hiring binge lately, has brought on FTI Consulting’s Managing Director Leor Franks as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law has launched a comprehensive digital library of documents relating the third-party litigation funding industry.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they will be expanding their funding for IVC lawsuits, effectively immediately.
LONDON and TEL AVIV – Monday 25th March 2019, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation financing solutions for businesses, individuals and law firms, has announced the opening of an office on Rothschild Boulevard in central Tel-Aviv.
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT) (LCM), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, announces that it has entered into a global cooperation agreement with a leading international law firm.
Jersey, Channel Islands, 25 March, 2019. Therium Group Holdings Limited, a leading global provider of litigation, arbitration and specialty legal finance, today announced that it has exceeded an important $1billion milestone of funds raised, following a latest fund raise of £325 million from three global institutional investors, including a sovereign wealth fund, to finance litigation and arbitration globally. It is Therium’s largest fund and follows the £200 million raised in February 2018.
ARDMORE, Pa., March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Specialty finance firm Balanced Bridge Funding (“Balanced Bridge”), which offers to accelerate fees, awards, salaries, claims, contract earnings, and other future receivables across numerous asset classes, has made a commitment to focus the legal funding portion of their business exclusively on post-settlement funding.
Litigation funding is undeniably becoming a mainstream asset class with the market set to double in the next five years. This is the prediction from Dilip N Massand of Legal Ventures, a UAE based fund by Phoenix Advisors that specializes in emerging markets. It is backed by Dalma Capital, a leading alternative investment manager.
Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon is prosecuting a claim valued at $31m. We are raising $2.3m for return within 12 months, possible additional upside. $450k to close, balance on run rate 30 days net to trial.
The claimant is a single individual plaintiff who is a very credible former investment banker. Claimant is very knowledgeable and is committed to conclusion of the claim. One defendant is a large international financial institution and the second defendant is a highly liquid mortgage loan originator. Case documents are structured finance and real estate. Defendant’s counsel is a national general practice firm, lead defense counsel is 4-year partner. This is a complex financial claim, fact intensive, document case. Documents we hold support an opinion letter from a legal 500 firm at 80% chance of recovery. Damages are supported by preliminary economic expert and other case documents.
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, announces that a settlement in principle has been reached in respect of one of its litigation projects.
MORIN-HEIGHTS, QC, March 12, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Capital Pro-Égaux Inc. (the “Company”) (NEX: CPE.H) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Technique d’usinage Sinlab Inc. (“Sinlab”), has entered into a Litigation Funding Agreement for the funding of expenses related to the professional negligence action for damages commenced in 2013 in Florida against Sinlab’s counsel who represented Sinlab in litigation in Virginia against certain entities who violated Sinlab’s pioneering digital dentistry patent portfolio (the “Litigation”).
