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Contingency Capital Holds Final Closing of First Commingled Fund
Contingency Capital, a global asset management business focused on credit-oriented legal assets, has successfully completed the capital raise for its first commingled fund, with over $490 million in new discretionary capital across the fund and related managed accounts. The firm launched in November 2020 and has raised and deployed in excess of $700 million across a series of strategies and transactions. Its investor base includes university endowments, pension funds, family offices and consultants.
NEW LITIGATION FINANCE FIRM – LEX FERENDA LITIGATION FUNDING – EXECUTES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH; EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS AT FIRST CLOSE
Lex Ferenda Litigation Funding LLC “LF2” is pleased to announce that it recently launched commercial funding operations after completing the first capital close for its Lex Ferenda Litigation Funding Master Fund. The Fund, which will focus its investments on US litigation and domestic commercial arbitration, welcomed several institutional investors whose commitments to LF2 exceeded initial expectations, and brought the Fund substantially closer to its USD $100 million+ target.
Omni Bridgeway Gears Up for New Investment Opportunities with $1 billion in Capital
With the litigation funding market booming across the globe, established market leaders are seeing the positive impacts on their balance sheets, and these leading funders are building significant amounts of capital ready to be deployed in future cases.
Soros Pumps £5MM in Litigation Finance Investment
The Soros Economic Development Fund has issued a £5MM investment into Aristata Capital. This brings Aristata’s total fundraise to well over £40MM. The firm has been established to protect social change projects and the environment.
Bloomberg Law on Historic ‘Secondary Deal Fund’ Landing $750M
Bloomberg Law profiles Ashley Keller and Adam Gerchen as serial law entrepreneurs who have now raised $750M to fund the first secondary transaction litigation fund. Six years ago, Mr. Keller and Mr. Gerchen made headlines by selling their litigation finance firm for upwards of $160M to Burford Capital. Bloomberg Law reports that the secondary deal landscape for litigation finance is in its infancy. News of Keller and Gerchen’s new secondary market fund (under the banner of Gerchen Capital Partners) is being viewed as a signal of the maturing nature of litigation investment broadly.
Northleaf leads A$250 million senior secured credit facility for Omni Bridgeway
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) today announced that it acted as the lead arranger of a A$250 million senior secured credit facility for Omni Bridgeway (ASX: OBL), a global leader in financing and managing legal risks, with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems.
BURFORD CAPITAL CLOSES NEW $360 MILLION PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND
Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that it has raised a new $360 million private investment fund, the Burford Advantage Master Fund LP (“Advantage Fund”).
Litigation Capital Management Limited (“LCM” or the “Company”): Interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2021
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT), a leading international alternative asset manager of disputes financing solutions, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2021, delivering a significant improvement on the prior year.
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.
