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Liti Capital Announces Identifying Information of Their First Crypto Con Artist

By John Freund |
Geneva, Switzerland – June 29, 2021  Liti Capital SA, a Swiss Litigation Finance company, has just found and identified the perpetrator of a cryptocurrency scam. This comes days after their commitment to push back against fraud in the crypto community and help create a safe atmosphere for innovation and investment moving forward. By tokenizing their equity, Liti Capital introduces litigation finance to the blockchain, providing retail investors with a new asset class and giving them the opportunity to fight back against crypto criminals.
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New Research: CFOs Increasingly Aware Of Commercial Litigation Assets And Poised To Unlock More Value From Legal

By John Freund |

Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases new independent research probing how CFOs and senior financial officers influence corporate legal departments, legal spend and their companies’ success in recovering value through affirmative recoveries.

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Legaltech leaders Disputed.io raise further funding

By John Freund |

LegalTech company, Disputed.io, has increased investment to over £1.5m from its latest round of investment. The latest funding follows on the back of significant growth for the business after the launch of its first product, CaseFunnel, an automated claims solution 13 months ago. Eighty per cent of the investors followed-on, on the back of the soft-launch of the business’ latest product, FinLegal the first online marketplace for litigation funding.

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Longford Capital Teams up with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to Offer Litigation Funding to Willkie’s Clients Involved in Commercial Disputes

By John Freund |

Longford Capital Management, LP today announced that it has entered into a $50 million funding agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to provide equity capital to fund attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and to monetize the value of meritorious legal claims for Willkie’s clients involved in commercial litigation cases handled by lawyers based in Willkie’s Chicago office.

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Key Takeaways from LFJ’s Special Digital Event on Australia: The Evolution of a Litigation Finance Market

By John Freund |

On Tuesday June 15th, LFJ hosted a special digital event on Australia: The Evolution of a Litigation Finance Market. Moderator Ed Truant (ET), founder of Slingshot Capital, helmed a panel discussion  that covered a broad range of issues facing the Australian market. Panelists included Andrew Saker (AS), CEO of Omni Bridgeway, Stuart Price (SP), CEO of CASL, and Patrick Moloney (PM), CEO of Litigation Capital Management. 

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Special Digital Event — Australia: The Evolution of a Litigation Finance Market

By John Freund |

On Tuesday, June 15th, 6pm EST, Litigation Finance Journal is hosting a roundtable discussion on the evolution of Litigation Finance in Australia. Topics will include the increasing threat of industry regulation, the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s perspective on litigation funding and class actions, how Australia may serve as a blueprint of sorts for global jurisdictions including the US, UK and EU, and the structural and cultural differences inherent to running a litigation funding firm in Australia.

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Forbes Ventures Plc – Update on Litigation Funding Securitisation

By John Freund |

Forbes Ventures announces an update to its first Litigation Funding Securitisation. The listing and closing of the GBP 40 million two-year notes (the “First Issue”), for which Forbes Ventures’ wholly owned subsidiary, Forbes Ventures Investment Management Limited (“FVIM”), acts as Collateral Agent, has been subjected to further administrative delays. Those delays have not been within the control of the Company or FVIM.

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Litigation funder Asertis announces: new Commercial Disputes funding division backed by a €1.7bn (approx. £1.46bn) fund; financing of Mercedes group action; and new CIO and lateral hire from Harbour

By John Freund |

Litigation funder Asertis today announces the launch of a new commercial litigation and arbitration disputes funding division backed by a well-known fund with available capital of over €1.7bn (approx. £1.46bn), as well as their financing of the Slater & Gordon Mercedes group litigation, and their new CIO and a further lateral hire from Harbour Litigation Funding.

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Boies Schiller Flexner forming international investor group to recover losses – Greensill / Credit Suisse Supply Chain Finance Funds

By John Freund |

Boies Schiller Flexner (UK) LLP (“BSF“) is building a group of investors across Europe and Asia who invested in Credit Suisse’s US$10bn Supply Chain Finance Funds (“SCFFs“).  It is intended that the group will pursue Credit Suisse, including through litigation if necessary, to recover losses suffered with respect to the investments made in or with Greensill Capital.

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Augusta Ventures completes new £250m fundraising as investors back strong market surge in legal and corporate sectors

By John Freund |

Augusta Ventures, a specialist asset manager focussed on the litigation and dispute funding sector, has closed its third pool of funding with £250m of new commitments (including Augusta Ventures co-investment), bringing the firm’s AuM to £585m and enabling the firm to fund an unprecedented pipeline of opportunities in high value litigation and dispute scenarios.

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Both Law Firms and Plaintiffs Benefit from the Expanding Consumer Legal Funding Industry

By John Freund |

The following piece is a contribution by Charles W. Price, CEO of Capital Now Funding, LLC

The following scenario was once all too common – plaintiffs injured in an accident, waiting impatiently for a complex lawsuit to settle. With the clock ticking and the plaintiff often unable to work, there was little they could do except wait for the phone to ring while medical and other bills kept piling up. Meanwhile, their attorneys must candidly tell them that it will be weeks to months or years before they might receive their settlement money.

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Australia: The Evolution of a Litigation Finance Market

By John Freund |

On Tuesday, June 15th, 6pm EST, Litigation Finance Journal is hosting a roundtable discussion on the evolution of Litigation Finance in Australia. Topics will include the increasing threat of industry regulation, the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s perspective on litigation funding and class actions, how Australia may serve as a blueprint of sorts for global jurisdictions including the US, UK and EU, and the structural and cultural differences inherent to running a litigation funding firm in Australia.

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Delta Capital Partners Announces the Expansion of the Global Asset Recovery Consortium into India

By John Freund |

Delta Capital Partners Management LLC, a global private equity firm specializing in litigation and legal finance, has announced the expansion of the Global Asset Recovery Consortium (the “GARC” or “Consortium“) to provide bespoke litigation finance and asset recovery solutions for projects having an India nexus (“GARC India“).

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Delta Capital Partners Management Launches Delta Credit Solutions

By John Freund |

Delta Capital Partners Management LLC, a global private equity firm specializing in litigation and legal finance, is pleased to announce the launch of a new venture, Delta Credit Solutions (“DCS“). DCS will offer an array of litigation finance credit solutions that satisfy the needs of claimants, respondents, law firms and businesses across the globe.

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