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William Roberts Lawyers & LCM announce a Class Action regarding the payment of conflicted remuneration to financial advisers by Suncorp Superannuation

By John Freund |

William Roberts Lawyers and Litigation Capital Management Limited (LCM), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, are working together to bring a class action against Suncorp Portfolio Service Limited (Suncorp Super), a trustee responsible for the administration of superannuation funds (Suncorp Super Funds) and part of Suncorp Group Limited.

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EY announces completion of Pangea3 Legal Managed Services acquisition

By John Freund |

LONDONJune 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — EY today announces the closing of the acquisition of the Pangea3 Legal Managed Services (LMS) business from Thomson Reuters. Together with the recent acquisition of Riverview Law, this means that EY is the first organization with service offerings including legal function consulting, industry-leading LMS and legal technology in addition to legal advisory services where permitted, in more than 80 jurisdictions.

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Woodsford Litigation Funding announces key strategic hire and targets significant uptick in investments in 2019/20

By John Freund |

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.

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Bentham IMF Hires Recognized International Arbitration Expert in Canada

By John Freund |

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.

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Validity Finance Launches New Summer Fellowship for Law Students of Diverse Backgrounds

By John Freund |

NEW YORKMay 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.

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“Therium Access” not-for-profit funding initiative announces first grant awards to improve access to justice in the UK

By John Freund |

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.

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Defrauded Investor Awaits Decision from Qatari Courts

By John Freund |

DOHA, QatarApril 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.

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McDonald Hopkins’ new Litigation Finance Practice Group is one of the first of its kind and unique to the legal market

By John Freund |

CLEVELANDApril 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.

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IMF Bentham teams with Boies Schiller Flexner to provide US$30M capital and legal representation to parties with Vietnamese cross-border disputes

By John Freund |
16 APRIL 2019:  Leading international dispute financier, IMF Bentham Limited (ASX:IMF) and renowned global litigation and arbitration firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP (BSF) announce a collaboration to provide up to US$30 million in funding capital for cross-border disputes with a Vietnamese connection. This world-first collaboration combines IMF Bentham’s financial support with BSF’s unmatched legal and Vietnam expertise to benefit foreign investors or Vietnamese businesses in Vietnam-related disputes, including international arbitration or US/UK litigation.
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Financial Poise™ Announces “Three Case Studies,” a New Webinar Premiering May 8th at 3:00 PM CST through West LegalEdcenter™

By John Freund |

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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