Sparkle Capital are pleased to announce their new funding product, Flexible Disbursement Funding. The product fills a gap in the funding market, providing the flexibility claimants need to cover a range of disbursements. The product will join their current range, alongside 1&20 and Fixed Interest Release Funding.
Litigation Capital Management Limited (AIM:LIT) (LCM), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, today announces that it has entered into an agreement to provide litigation finance in relation to proceedings which are currently being undertaken in Australasia. These proceedings relate to a commercial dispute regarding the division of significant global assets, which are currently owned by a partnership.
LUXEMBOURG and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Sisvel International S.A. (“Sisvel”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) today announced that they have entered into a multi-faceted agreement that provides a license to a subset of RPX clients covering more than 500 patents that make up the Sisvel Wi-Fi Joint Licensing Program. The Sisvel Wi-Fi Joint Licensing program is a solution designed to license standard essential patents (SEPs) for Wi-Fi enabled devices under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and conditions (FRAND). In addition to the assets in the Sisvel Wi-Fi Licensing Program, Sisvel has also licensed the subset of RPX members to approximately 200 non-essential Wi-Fi assets, owned by Sisvel’s subsidiary, Hera Wireless S.A.
Three years ago, Marla Decker was a Senior Associate at Cleary Gottlieb. She left that enviable position to undertake the risk of becoming the first full-time employee at Lake Whillans, an…
Nancy Saltzman, former Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to NY-based operations management and analytics firm EXL Group, discussed the value of litigation finance to corporations, and how…
Global litigation finance and international arbitration are inextricably linked – with the former being legalized for use in the latter in both Singapore and Hong Kong (many believe as a…
SYDNEY, 9th January 2019: Litigation Capital Management (“LCM”), a leading international provider of litigation financing solutions, today announces the appointment of Philip Lomax as an Investment Manager in the company’s Sydney office. This continues LCM’s recent expansion following the launch of offices in London and Singapore in November 2018.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Cadence, the leading investment platform for digital debt securities, has successfully funded and issued the first-ever tokenized fixed income product. This inaugural issuance is in partnership with a marketplace lender extending working capital to e-commerce merchants.
Legal departments aren’t typically beholden to the same productivity requirements as the rest of a corporation’s business functions. However that paradigm is slowly shifting. Since the Great Recession, corporations have…
It’s no secret that funders are pursuing cases globally. And with so many large, multi-national funders based in the UK, it stands to reason that claims in the EU are…
LIMA, Peru–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LexFinance today announced the filing of an arbitration claim by a minority shareholder of Petrobras.
The claim has been filed by a minority shareholder of Petrobras against the Brazilian Government (União Federal) for the economic losses suffered by Petrobras due to the corruption practices disclosed in the Lava Jato investigation and caused by the abuse of power and mismanagement of the União Federal as controlling shareholder of Petrobras.
Developments in legal technology are allowing for a deeper analysis of court decisions, including how specific judges tend to rule, whether certain motions are accepted or denied, and the specific information…
By Mauritius Nagelmueller
China is building a multi-trillion dollar trade and infrastructure network – a new silk road – and the legal world is preparing for the disputes that will inevitably arise. What is the Belt and Road Initiative all about, and what impact will it have on litigation finance?
Writing for Vannin’s Funding in Focus series, Carolina Ramirez, Managing Director in Vannin’s newly-formed New York office, describes the litigation funding climate in South America’s largest and most populous nation. Ramirez highlights both the perceptions and practical applications of litigation finance in Brazil, as well as the regulatory climate and challenges facing industry growth in the region.
Courts around the world have recognized the need for Litigation Finance, and have consequently welcomed the industry with arms wide open. But alas, not every third party-funded case has proven…
For the past 15 years, Brazil has suffered one of the world’s most chronic and severe backlogs of pending patents. Now, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), is looking to reduce that backlog in one fell swoop: by granting patent rights until 2020 to 231,000 pending applications with no examination.
Evolution. Maturity. Growth spurt. Those are the terms one might use to describe Litigation Finance in 2017. The industry saw a flurry of activity that would make any beehive jealous: Markets opened, funds raised, legal precedents established, and a host of new entrants already looking to disrupt the lit fin industry, which itself is in the midst of disrupting one of the oldest institutions on the planet.
So let’s take a look back at how Litigation Finance ‘took off the training wheels,’ and properly came of age in 2017…
By Mauritius Nagelmueller
This article aims to provide an overview of the most significant recent developments in the litigation finance industry. Part 2 of this 2-part series discusses the rapid growth of litigation finance across the globe, as well as its multi-dimensional expansion into diverse markets. If you’d like to reference Part 1 of this series, you can find it here.
By Mauritius Nagelmueller
This article aims to provide an overview of the most significant recent developments in the litigation finance industry. Part 1 of this 2-part series discusses the shifting policies in regard to litigation finance in both the U.S. and across the globe, as well as the potential for technological innovation to disrupt the industry in the near future.
Guest Post by Mauritius Nagelmueller, who has been involved in the litigation finance industry for more than 10 years.
Access to justice remains one of the prevailing issues within the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), especially for developing countries. To enforce the promise of a fairer trading system, developing country participation in the DSB must be improved, given that relationships between WTO members are predicated on power dynamics, rather than adherence to the rule of law.
Third party funding has provided access to justice for claimants with meritorious claims, but with limited financial capacity in the private sector, as well as in investor-state disputes. The industry is also capable of leveling the playing field in the DSB, as it can be utilized by developing countries to finance a WTO dispute.
