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LEGALPAY LAUNCHES USD 3 MILLION FUND TO FACILITATE SPORTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION INDIA

By John Freund |

LegalPay, India’s first and largest litigation financier, is breaking into the world of sports law disputes. In a first, the company has announced the launch of a $3 million fund for sports disputes with a focus on supporting the rights of athletes in India while also addressing disputes pertaining to broadcasting rights, endorsement & advertising aiming to boost the sports industry. With a tenure of four years, the sports focused fund has no limit on the ticket size.

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Litigation Funder LegalPay Launches Super-Senior Bonds for HNIs Worth ₹ 50 crores

By John Freund |

LegalPay, India’s first tech-based interim financier and litigation funder for commercial litigations and arbitrations, has launched Super Senior investment-grade rated bonds worth ₹ 50 Crores for High Net-worth Individuals (HNIs). Investment-grade bonds have a lower risk of default and receive higher ratings from credit rating agencies.

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Bryant Park Capital Secures Senior Debt Facility For DLF Management Corp.

By John Freund |

Bryant Park Capital (“BPC”), a leading middle market investment bank with a focus in the specialty finance industry, announced today that DLF Management Corp., dba Dynamic Legal Funding, LLC (“DLF” or the “Company”), a leading provider of legal and medical funding, closed on a senior secured debt transaction with a large commercial bank. BPC served as the exclusive financial advisor to DLF in connection with this transaction.

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Contingency Capital Holds Final Closing of First Commingled Fund

By John Freund |

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.

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NEW LITIGATION FINANCE FIRM – LEX FERENDA LITIGATION FUNDING – EXECUTES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH; EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS AT FIRST CLOSE

By John Freund |

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.

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Bloomberg Law on Historic ‘Secondary Deal Fund’ Landing $750M 

By John Freund |

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. 

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