Author Archives: Gunnar Larson
The Legal 500 Lists the UKs Top Litigation Financiers
Editor’s note–Legal 500 first published the below rankings in 2021. This ranking has resurfaced in 2022, though to our knowledge Legal 500 has yet to update its rankings, nor has it published its methodology. The inaugural edition of the Legal 500 list of top litigation finance franchises in the United Kingdom has been published. Legal…
Video: Mass Tort Finance Innovation
Max Volsky (co-founder, chief investment officer and general counsel at Lexshares), recently profield how Lexshares approaches funding mass tort claims. According to Mr. Volsky, Lexshares often funds firm portfolios composed of meritorious mass tort claims. Mr. Volsky says that Lexshares’ products and services are designed for individual attorneys and large law firms alike. …
The Arkin Cap Debate
The Arkin Cap has traditionally been a guide associated with governerning the costs of litigation finance agreements. However, over a series of recent rulings, justices in the United Kingdom allude to their own autonomy, given individual case nuances. This implies that the concept of the Arkin Cap is not guaranteed in any litigation. …
Global Electricity Cartel Faces Class Action
Burford Capital is funding litigation exploration of a potential claim that alleges that some of the world’s largest electricity cable makers conspired to inflate cable prices in a fraud paid for by millions of consumers in the United Kingdom. The higher costs of the alleged cable fraud have been passed onto consumers since April, 2001. …
MoneyWeek on Bankrolling Global Litigation Finance
Top-30 law firms in the western world hold $2T in pending arbitration claims, while raking in $860B in yearly fees associated with litigation. MoneyWeek takes a deep dive, profiling the best techniques for bankrolling litigation finance globally. …
Litigation Investment Ethics for the Modern Attorney
With $11B in assets under management in the United States, litigation investors are looking to a global market of attorneys who are engaging modern financial solutions to meet client demands and needs. The ethics behind pure litigation marketplace innovation is something that LexShares says is imperative. A collated collection of whitepapers and scholarly articles concerning…
Litigation Finance Agreement for new representative claim against Google and DeepMind Technologies
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT), an alternative asset manager specializing in dispute financing solutions internationally, announces that it has entered into a litigation finance agreement for a new representative claim.
New York’s Clergy Concerned About Consumer Litigation Funding Act
This week, Litigation Finance Journal reported that the New York State Assembly is debating ‘Bill A.1270-A,’ which is referred to as the Consumer Litigation Funding Act. Meanwhile, New York City and State Clergy leaders have co-signed a letter of objection to the Consumer Litigation Funding Act’s thematic intent(s). However, New York’s clergy leaders signaled support…
Sberbank CZ Litigation, Insolvency and Liquidation
The Central Bank of Russia founded Sberbank in 1991. Traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange, Sberbank is Russia’s largest universal banking institution with ⅓ of all Russian assets flowing through it. Given Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Czech National Bank revoked Sberbank CZ’s license at the beginning of May. Furthermore, a Czech Municipal Court in…
LegalPay, India, and the Promise of Litigation Finance in Emerging Markets
LegalPay is a Litigation Finance startup founded in India, an emerging market for third-party legal funding. Until recently, investing in legal cases was reserved for high-end investors. The advent of LegalPay allows retail investors—those of average means–to take advantage of the potentially large uncorrelated returns that have attracted savvy investors for years.
According to founder Kundan Shahi, LegalPay is the only formal player that offers third-party litigation funding for late-stage cases in India. One can’t help but wonder how this will influence the development of global Litigation Finance? Does LegalPay’s success foretell the rise of litigation funding in emerging markets?
