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LegalMation Announces $15M in New Funding

October 25, 2023

LegalMation Announces $15M in New Funding

LegalMation, Inc., the market leader in Generative AI-driven solutions for high-volume litigation, today announced it has raised a $15 million Series A financing round led by the venture capital team at Aquiline Capital Partners LP, Aquiline Technology Growth (“Aquiline”), with continued participation from existing investors Motley Fool Ventures, REV Venture Partners, Key Venture Partners, Quick Set LLC, and Brentwood Investments. LegalMation has experienced rapid growth in demand for its Generative AI litigation response platform that provides the insurance and legal industries with clear productivity and cost savings. LegalMation’s proprietary solutions enable legal professionals to respond to lawsuits, discovery requests, and related workflows using the client’s own historical response data. In 2023, LegalMation’s customers have already leveraged the platform to answer over 1.1 million discovery requests in over 30 state and federal jurisdictions. Demand for LegalMation’s solutions has been boosted by labor shortages and inflationary pressures. For in-house counsel in particular, automating high-volume litigation and related tasks has become the number one solution to these challenges. Accordingly, insurance carriers and large enterprises have become LegalMation’s predominant client base as they seek to increase efficiency and find ways to scale at the organizational level as they find ways to apply Generative AI solutions to their operations.  Valued at over $200 billion, the LegalTech and InsurTech markets are increasingly expected to rely on AI and automation solutions in the coming years. LegalMation is well positioned to benefit as the litigation and insurance industries continue to transform. LegalMation has become the trusted partner to the nation’s top insurance carriers, large enterprises such as Walmart, and numerous law firms such as Sheppard Mullin, Ogletree Deakins, Fisher Phillips, Nelson Mullins, Baker Donelson, and Jackson Lewis. With this new funding, LegalMation will deepen the functionality and breadth of its platform to support the growth of its rapidly evolving customer base. Additionally, the new funds will enable LegalMation to devote significant resources to build new end-to-end litigation workflow automation and analytic tools, all focused on the goal of resolving disputes faster, while improving accuracy, cost, and outcomes for its customers. “We are thrilled to partner with Aquiline given their experience and ability to identify disruptive technology platforms across the insurance and legal ecosystems combined with an extensive network across both markets. We already had strong customer relationships with a few of Aquiline’s strategic carrier investors and we look forward to expanding LegalMation’s reach within these markets” said James M. Lee, LegalMation’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “The need for AI automation tools to achieve financial goals has never been greater, especially with the macro-economic pressures falling on both large and small enterprises. This investment will allow LegalMation to accelerate its growth and realize our vision of becoming the most impactful technology partner to the insurance and legal industries.” “The AI revolution has the potential to drive exponential productivity gains while allowing greater scalability. The legal and insurance industries are just beginning to adopt transformative technology solutions, having realized the potential to empower their highly skilled talent core” said Aquiline’s Dante La Ruffa, Principal. “Aquiline has a track record in scaling SaaS companies and has made multiple investments in the LegalTech industry across our family of funds. We are thrilled to partner with LegalMation and believe they are uniquely positioned to supercharge the litigation support process as we know it today.” About LegalMation LegalMation is a SaaS technology company led by a group of experienced litigators and technology specialists, dedicated to revolutionizing the practice of law through artificial intelligence aimed at legal departments of large corporates, insurance carriers, and law firms. LegalMation’s ground-breaking generative AI platform dynamically produces fully formatted responsive pleadings, discovery requests and responses and other documents. The platform tailors the claims, allegations, and requests in the legal documents, incorporating jurisdictional requirements as well as the attorney’s own style, and response strategy. For more information, visit https://www.legalmation.com. About Aquiline Technology Growth Aquiline Technology Growth (“ATG”) seeks to invest in early and growth-stage technology companies that are bringing innovation to the insurance and financial services ecosystems. ATG is managed by Aquiline Capital Partners LP, a private investment firm based in New York and London that invests across financial services and technology. The ATG team has experience in technology and financial services and is supported by its colleagues at Aquiline, strategic partners, and an active group of industry Executive Advisors. For more information on ATG, visit https://www.aquiline.com.

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Court of Appeal Shuts Down BHP’s Attempt to Overturn Mariana Liability Judgment

By John Freund |

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales today refused BHP’s application for permission to appeal the High Court’s landmark liability judgment in the Mariana disaster litigation.

The High Court found BHP responsible for the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, concluding that BHP is liable for the disaster under both the Brazilian Civil and Environmental law.

The Court of Appeal heard BHP’s application for permission to appeal the decision on 12 March after BHP was refused permission to appeal by the High Court in January.  BHP asked the court for permission to contest the findings that it was a polluter, and that it had knowledge of the risks associated with the dam before the collapse. The mining company also challenged the finding that all claimants brought their claims in time.

The Court of Appeal’s refusal marks a further victory for the hundreds of thousands of Brazilian victims who have spent over ten years pursuing justice, and a major setback for BHP. The High Court’s liability judgment remains in force, and BHP has exhausted the ordinary routes by which it could seek to overturn it.

In today’s ruling, the court concluded that BHP’s proposed grounds of appeal have no real prospect of success and there is no other compelling reason for the appeal to be heard.  The decision means that the parties will proceed to the trial of Stage 2 of the proceedings, which will determine issues of causation, loss and damages. The trial evidence is to be heard from April 2027 to December 2027, with closing submissions listed for March 2028.

Lord Justice Fraser wrote in the decision: “I do not accept that any of the grounds relating to BHP’s liability for the dam collapse are reasonably arguable. I do not consider that there is any foundation for the different complaints that the trial judge failed to engage with BHP’s case."

Jonathan Wheeler, lead partner for the Mariana litigation at Pogust Goodhead, said: “The Court of Appeal has now joined the High Court in finding that BHP’s grounds of appeal have no real prospect of success - an emphatic and unambiguous outcome. BHP remains liable for the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history, and it will not be given another bite at the cherry.”

“Our clients have waited more than a decade for justice while BHP pursued every procedural avenue to avoid accountability; those avenues are now closed. We are focused on securing the compensation that hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have been owed for far too long.”

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Loopa Finance Wins at the Lexology European Awards 2026 in the Litigation / General Counsel Category

By John Freund |

Loopa Finance has been recognized as the winner in the Litigation – General Counsel Team category at the Lexology European Awards 2026, one of the leading recognitions in the international legal sector.

The award was received in London by Ignacio Delgado, General Counsel Europe at the firm, on behalf of Loopa Finance’s European team, composed of Ignacio Delgado (General Counsel Europe), Marina Gouveia (Investment Manager), Fernando Pérez Lozada (Senior Investment Manager), and Fernando Folgueiro (Managing Partner).

The Lexology European Awards recognize outstanding legal teams across the region through a methodology that combines independent research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and thousands of nominations supported by clients and industry peers, as well as the annual research conducted by the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) and Client Choice.

The selection process is based on performance evaluations related to effective communication, commercial understanding, technical expertise, strategic management, and team strength, and is supported by a global community of more than 940,000 subscribers.

This recognition positions Loopa Finance’s European team among the leading practitioners in complex litigation and strategic legal management in Europe.

“This award reflects the strength of a team operating across two continents that understands litigation not only from a legal perspective, but also through financial analysis and risk management. It is the result of collective work and a rigorous, strategic approach to structuring complex disputes,” said Delgado during the ceremony.

More Than an Award: Validation of a Model

The award comes at a time of consolidation for the firm. Loopa Finance recently completed its rebranding process, evolving from Qanlex to Loopa Finance and reinforcing an identity aligned with its growth in continental Europe and its broader international positioning.

It also coincides with the closing of Fund III, raising €65 million to finance complex litigation and arbitration across Europe and Latin America, significantly expanding the firm’s investment capacity and supporting the continued growth of its platform in the region.

This milestone adds to the firm’s recent rankings, including its Band 1 classification by Chambers & Partners in Latin America and Europe, its recognition as “Highly Recommended” by Leaders League across multiple jurisdictions, and the inclusion of members of its team among the Thought Leaders in Third-Party Funding by the Lexology Index. Together, these results confirm the strength of Loopa Finance’s model and the consolidation of its team as a reference in the strategic financing of disputes at an international level.

About Loopa Finance

Loopa Finance is an investment fund specializing in the financing and monetization of litigation and arbitration across continental Europe and Latin America, supported by a technology-driven model and rigorous risk analysis. The firm provides capital to cover legal costs or monetize ongoing claims through non-recourse structures, where the recovery of the investment depends exclusively on the successful outcome of the case, assuming the financial risk of the dispute while fully aligning its interests with those of clients and law firms.

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Pravati Capital Partners with SEI to Bring Litigation Finance to Registered Investment Advisors

By John Freund |

One of the oldest litigation finance firms in the United States has announced a strategic partnership aimed at expanding mainstream investor access to the asset class.

As reported by Business Wire via Yahoo Finance, Scottsdale-based Pravati Capital has partnered with financial services firm SEI to provide registered investment advisors with structured access to litigation finance as an alternative investment option. The collaboration will leverage SEI's distribution platform to make litigation funding opportunities available within advisor portfolios.

The partnership reflects growing institutional interest in litigation finance as an alternative asset class. Historically, litigation funding has been difficult for mainstream financial advisors to access on behalf of their clients, with the market largely dominated by specialized funds and institutional investors. The Pravati-SEI arrangement seeks to bridge that gap by creating a more accessible pathway for advisors seeking diversification through non-correlated investments.

The announcement underscores a broader industry shift as litigation finance continues to move from a niche strategy toward greater acceptance within traditional wealth management channels. As the global litigation funding market grows — projected to reach over $25 billion in 2026 — partnerships like this one may signal a new phase of institutional adoption.