Category Archives: Premium
IMF Bentham Returns to Europe with Launch of IMF EMEA in London
Australian-based IMF Bentham will enter the European funding market, as the company launches a London-based subsidiary labelled IMF EMEA. The new firm will have $300M of seed capital to deploy across the European continent….
Validity Poaches Pair of Bentham Employees
Validity Finance – the company founded by Ralph Sutton, who helped launch the US subsidiary of IMF Bentham – has poached two Bentham professionals….
American Tort Reform Association Calls Out Wall Street Investment into Litigation Funding
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) has posted its annual list of ‘judicial hellholes’ and NYC ranked third on the list overall, but first in cities. Only two states – Florida and California, were ranked higher. One reason for The Big Apple’s high ‘hellhole’ ranking? Wall Street’s involvement in the litigation funding sector….
Litigation Funder Declines New Cases
UK-based Calunius has announced that its latest fund has completed deployment, and that the funder will not be accepting new cases for the time being….
UK Funder to Float on LSE in December
The insolvency-focused Manolete Partners plans to become only the second firm – after Burford Capital – to publicly trade on the London Stock Exchange….
Attorney General of India Floats Litigation Funding as Cure for Country’s ‘Access to Justice’ Problem
In a speech at India’s Constitution Day celebration, Attorney General KK Venugopal suggested litigation funding might be what helps the country whittle down the protracted delays of its justice system, and enables access to justice for the millions of Indians who don’t have the capital (or patience) to traverse the legal system….
Ex-Banker in London Now Intermediary Between Class Action Claim Holders and Litigation Funders
A former Australian banker has set up shop in London – arguably the litigation capital of the world – and is acting as a ‘claim shepherd’ or intermediary for those with multi-million pound class actions and the law firms and funders who will ultimately see the claim through to completion….
5 Bold Predictions for Litigation Finance in the United States in 2019
Ralph Sutton, founder and CEO of the newly-formed Validity Finance, offers his take on upcoming trends in the U.S. for the year ahead. Sutton should know, having helped pioneer the practice in the U.S. as one of the co-founders of Credit Suisse’s Litigation Risk Strategies Group. Sutton also helped launch IMF Bentham’s U.S. subsidiary, the…
Canada Will Accept Litigation Funding Agreements… Just Not All the Terms Therein
Recently, a Divisional Court in Ontario shed some light on how Canada will respond to the presence of litigation funding agreements. The prevailing notion? That said agreements are permissible, but only if first watered down….
Full Court of Australia Upholds Federal Court Ruling Staying Competing Class Actions Against GetSwift
The Full Court upheld a Federal Court of Australia ruling which stays two of the three competing class actions against software company GetSwift. The ruling could have vast implications for Australia’s red-hot class action market….
