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Burford Capital surpasses $100 million in Equity Project commitments
Burford Capital—the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law—today announces that it has crossed a significant milestone in its groundbreaking initiative designed to increase diversity in the business of law, with more than $100 million in cumulative Equity Project commitments made to back commercial litigation and arbitration led by female and racially diverse lawyers.
‘Secondary’ Investing in Litigation Finance: Why, why now, and how to approach investing in Lit Fin Secondaries
The following article is part of an ongoing column titled ‘Investor Insights.’
Brought to you by Ed Truant, founder and content manager of Slingshot Capital, ‘Investor Insights’ will provide thoughtful and engaging perspectives on all aspects of investing in litigation finance.
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Certifies Collective Action Against Shipping Companies For Overcharging Customers
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has certified a collective action against multiple maritime car carriers who operated an illegal cartel to manipulate car shipping prices. Certification clears the way for the class action filed by consumer rights champion Mark McLaren, who has instructed has instructed Scott+Scott UK LLP as solicitors on behalf of consumers and businesses who purchased or leased new cars or vans, to proceed to trial.
Validity Launches New Fund to Support the Wrongfully Convicted
When people serve hard time for a crime that they did not commit, the entire societal fabric suffers. And when the innocent are eventually vindicated, oftentimes they face a difficult re-acclimation process back into normal life. Validity Finance has stepped in to help right these wrongs with a groundbreaking new fund.
Court decides that groundbreaking £150m class action on behalf of UK car buyers can proceed
London’s specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, has today given the green light to a class action on behalf of millions of motorists and businesses, who bought or leased a new car between October 2006 and September 2015, to claim against 5 shipping companies that imported cars into Europe.
Key Takeaways from LFJ’s Special Digital Event–Litigation Funding in 2022: What to Expect
This past Tuesday, Litigation Finance Journal hosted a panel discussion and Q&A with a global swathe of litigation funding experts. The subject was key trends facing the industry in 2022, and the panel did not disappoint by delivering in-depth responses across a broad array of subjects.
Siltstone Capital Raises New Litigation Finance Fund To Invest In Patent, Energy & Commercial Opportunities.
Siltstone Capital, LLC (“Siltstone”), a Houston, Texas based investment and advisory firm, announced the successful closing of SC Litigation SPV, LP (the “Fund”). Siltstone, through its subsidiary Litigo Financial, LLC (“Litigo”), will invest in commercial, patent, technology, and other business litigation finance opportunities that the firm sees on an increasing basis.
