
November 19, 2019—NASHVILLE— The first-ever detailed analysis of the U.S. commercial litigation finance industry places its size at $2.3 billion, leading U.S. litigation finance advisor, Westfleet Advisors, reported today in its inaugural Westfleet Advisors Litigation Finance Buyer’s Guide. Driven by data collected directly from litigation funders, the Guide represents the first reliable calculation of the size of the U.S. litigation finance industry and offers the most complete and revealing picture ever painted of the sector. This study includes data on the size, scope and focus of U.S. commercial litigation finance, as well as detailed profiles of many of the 41 litigation funders active in the space.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DRB Financial Solutions, LLC (DRBfinancial.com), and its wholly-owned subsidiary U.S. Claims (USClaims.com), America’s premier pre-settlement funding company, today announced that U.S. Claims has closed on yet another private placement transaction. This marks the company’s second litigation advance backed transaction of the year and DRB Financial’s fourth term securitization transaction involving this asset class overall. It primes U.S. Claims to continue its run of impressive growth.
Augusta, the UK’s largest litigation funder by case volume, today announces the formation of its Consumer Claims Division, with four new hires into the business.
JERICHO, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (ESQ) (the “Company”), the holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association (“Esquire Bank”), today announced its operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Leading Welsh commercial law firm Acuity Law has agreed a £10 million litigation funding facility with the UK’s largest litigation funder by volume, Augusta Ventures.
LONDON 14 October 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 Adam Erusalimsky to the position of Senior Investment Officer, Alex Hickson as Investment Officer and Daniel Littman as Commercial Manager. All three will be based at Woodsford’s London HQ.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2019 / A leading pre-settlement funding provider, Baker Street Funding LLC, announced today the closing of a series A round of investment into their Attorney Funding Division. Founded in 2018, Baker Street Funding has quickly become a rising star in the legal funding space and their core business model is to provide plaintiffs with much needed liquidity while their case is awaiting settlement. The newly named Attorney Funding Division will provide Attorney Funding to law practitioners across the country.
NASHVILLE, October 10, 2019—Westfleet Advisors, the leading U.S. litigation finance advisory firm, announced today that it has expanded its executive team with the additions of Barry Kamar and Michael Perich, both as Vice President and Legal Counsel. Mr. Kamar was most recently an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in New Jersey. Mr. Perich joins Westfleet from AmLaw 200 law firm, Ice Miller.
London 10th October 2019, Augusta today announces the appointment of Frances Coats as General Counsel, based in London.
CHICAGO (PRWEB) OCTOBER 04, 2019: Lawyers’ ethical duties don’t just inform how they do their jobs – they also dictate how they get paid. Join our panel for a discussion of ethical issues arising out of legal fee arrangements, from basic requirements of reasonableness to ongoing and developing law concerning third party litigation finance in multimillion dollar cases.