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Community Spotlight: Georgios Tzoumakas, Director of Capital & Investor Relations, Heirloom Fair Legal

By John Freund |

Georgios is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience across investment banking, technology, and the Food & Beverage industry. With a strong academic foundation, he holds a master’s in finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a master’s in management from Cass Business School, equipping him with deep financial expertise and strategic insight.

He began his career at a boutique investment bank in London, where he honed his skills in deal structuring, financial modelling, and capital markets. His career includes a pivotal role at Diageo, where he contributed to the overall marketing strategy for its premium alcoholic products. He has also been actively involved in the tech space, leveraging his financial acumen to drive innovation and business growth.

Currently, Georgios holds a pivotal role at Heirloom Fair Legal, which specialises in legal financings in the individual and small business consumer claims sector. As the Director of Capital & Investor Relations, he coordinates Heirloom’s co-investment program, allowing families to benefit from Heirloom’s deep experience and expertise. Through his leadership, he helps families who are interested in the sector but don’t have the extensive internal resources needed to learn more about this space and access the opportunities within it.

Heirloom focuses on funding meritorious legal cases and firms with strong recovery prospects, leveraging deep industry expertise and a robust network of legal and financial professionals. Georgios helps co-investors and families understand this unique asset class, which offers attractive, risk-adjusted returns, independent of traditional market cycles.

Headquarters: London, UK

Area of Focus: Family office services, Legal finance 

Member Quote: “Countless claims fail to reach the courts – not for lack of validity, but due to financial constraints and the absence of expert guidance. At Heirloom, we are steadfast in our commitment to advancing access to justice by providing both the strategic expertise and financial backing necessary to bring deserving cases to light. As pioneers in motor finance claims, we are leading the charge in holding institutions to account and ensuring claimants receive the redress they rightfully deserve.“

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Community Spotlights

Community Spotlight: James Koutoulas, CEO, JurisTrade & Typhon Capital Management

James Koutoulas is the CEO of JurisTrade as well its asset management affiliate, Typhon Capital Management, which is a multi-strategy hedge fund with US and Cayman private fund platforms. He is also Managing Member of Koutoulas Law, LLC, a law firm specializing in high-profile financial services litigation.

James founded Typhon in 2008 and it has since grown to 25 staff members, 15 (including many award-winning) trading strategies with operations in 4 countries and 8 cities. While running Typhon, he served as lead customer counsel in the MF Global bankruptcy, leading the recovery of all $6.7 billion in customer assets.

He has successfully litigated a multi-billion cryptocurrency fraud class action, a statistical arbitrage IP theft arbitration, a breach of contract jury trial against a billion-dollar asset management, and a capacity-rights guarantee contract dispute against a quantitative hedge fund. He is a frequent contributor to CNBC, thestreet.com, CoinDesk, and other prominent media outlets. He served on the Board and Executive Committee of the National Futures Association, the derivatives self-regulatory organization, where he helped implement the Dodd-Frank rules on the multi-trillion-dollar swaps market and has advised Congress on commodity and bankruptcy laws and regulations.

James has a JD from the Northwestern University School of Law with a securities concentration.

Company Name and Description: JurisTrade has designed a Litigation Asset Marketplace (operated by trading affiliate, Typhon Capital Management) to package and/or securitize litigation finance solutions to law firms, owners of bankruptcy, mass tort, and other litigation claims, and third-party investors looking for exposure to the asset class. JurisTrade offers a new and disruptive solution: it allows law firms, plaintiffs, and/or those with a financial interest in litigation the opportunity to sell or assign an interest in litigation outcomes to qualified investors in a much more efficient manner than is currently available.

Typhon Capital Management is a multi-strategy hedge fund specializing in tactical trading strategies designed to be uncorrelated to traditional markets under most market conditions and have strong negative correlation during periods of stress. Typhon dedicates itself to developing unique strategies that are truly differentiated and perform when almost everything else fails. Typhon uses unique, modular strategies as building blocks to design bespoke products to meet each investor’s individual needs.

Company Website: https://juristrade.com/ & https://typhoncap.com/

Year Founded: JurisTrade – 2023 & Typhon - 2008  

Headquarters:  1691 Michigan Ave Suite 200, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Area of Focus:  JurisTrade – Litigation Finance & Typhon Capital Management – Finance, Alternative Investments

Member Quote: “By adding standardization, liquidity, and transparency to the nascent but growing litigation finance market, we will institutionalize one of the final frontiers in asset management.”

Announcements Commercial Deals

Angeion Group Expands Mass Tort Litigation Management Capabilities Through Merger with Case Works

By Harry Moran and 4 others |

Angeion Group (“Angeion”), the industry leader in end-to-end group litigation support, announced today its merger with Case Works, a premier provider of case data management solutions, including client engagement, medical record retrieval, medical review, and inventory analysis. Neutral, but never passive, this strategic integration of Case Works reinforces Angeion’s forward thinking approach to providing seamless tech-enabled support for complex litigation firms and leading law departments, with efficiency and precision.

The merger of Angeion and Case Works follows majority investments into both companies by private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners (“Renovus”) in 2024. Angeion also acquired bankruptcy administration solutions provider Donlin Recano in late 2024. Renovus worked alongside the companies’ founders and management teams to unify the businesses and deliver a seamless experience for clients and employees throughout the integration.

Case Works has earned a reputation of excellence by ensuring accuracy, completeness, and applicability of case data to support legal requirements. By combining their core capabilities with Angeion’s advanced technology and data-driven approach, this merger further solidifies Angeion’s position as the most trusted partner for navigating complex, high-stakes litigation and settlements.

Effective large-scale litigation and settlements rely on comprehensive, well-organized data and the ability to apply that data effectively within the context of a particular project. Combining Case Works’ proven excellence in capturing and managing critical case information with Angeion Group’s expertise in technology, process efficiency and claims management, provides a more structured, more transparent, and more effective approach to large-scale litigation and settlement management.

“Case Works brings deep expertise and a proven track record of supporting firms with large data and medical record retrieval needs. They are known for their dedication to precision, care and bedside manner,” said Steven Weisbrot, CEO of Angeion Group. “Together, we are raising the bar for what clients can expect—faster, more accurate processes and a commitment to white glove service.”

Angeion Group and Case Works share a common vision: to set the new standard for how large-scale litigation and group settlement support can combine technological efficiency with thoughtful human interaction. Both organizations are driven by a commitment to innovation, precision, and efficiency and are mindful that litigants should expect and receive compassion and respect throughout the group litigation process. This merger will elevate industry standards and ensure that all parties, their council, and the courts benefit from a more streamlined, thoughtful and effective process.

“We’re excited to join forces with Angeion Group,” said Susan Barfield, Founder of Case Works. “Their commitment to innovation and client service aligns perfectly with our own, and we look forward to delivering even greater value to the firms and clients we support.”

“We’re honored to have partnered with these leading companies, building upon our strong track record in tech-enabled legal services,” added Lee Minkoff, Managing Director at Renovus. “We’d also like to thank founders Steve Weisbrot and Susan Barfield for their leadership throughout this game changing merger for the group litigation support industry.”

Angeion remains steadfast in its mission to completely modernize and optimize complex litigation management to the benefit of all stakeholders.

About Case Works

Case Works is the leading provider of tech-enabled litigation support solutions to the country’s premier plaintiff law firms. Based in Austin, Texas, the Company was created with a single mission: To Help Lawyers Help People. Case Works provides a full suite of case management services including claims qualification, intake, medical records retrieval & review, case development, and ongoing plaintiff engagement.

About Angeion Group

Angeion Group is a leading provider of legal notice and settlement administration services, leveraging advanced technology, proven best practices, and expert consulting to manage class actions, mass torts, and collective redress administration. Recognized for its innovation, efficiency, and unwavering client commitment, Angeion Group continues to redefine industry standards.

Commercial Fundraising

Nicola Horlick Pauses Digital Bank Launch to Raise Funds for Motor Finance Claims

By Harry Moran and 4 others |

As LFJ covered last week, the group proceedings being brought against motor finance providers over commissions paid to dealers is attracting a significant amount of interest across the legal funding industry, with the possibility of lucrative settlements to come. 

An article in Financial News features an interview with investment fund manager Nicola Horlick, who discusses her focus on litigation funding for the high-profile motor finance claims in the UK. Horlick, founder and CEO of Money&Co, explained that her company is currently raising funds to lend to law firms that are working on the car finance commission claims. Speaking about the significance of these claims to the wider legal funding industry, Horlick argued that “this is the biggest thing that is likely to happen in litigation funding in the next 15 years.”

The emphasis placed on raising funds for these claims has caused Horlick to pause her plans to launch a digital bank in 2025, with the fund manager explaining that they “don’t have the bandwidth to do the fundraise for that and the bank”. Horlick went on to state that fundraising for the claims “has to be the priority”, and that in the time before these claims begin to reach settlements, “we need to help clients amass as many claims as possible.”