Panelists:
Andrew Saker, CEO, Omni Bridgeway
Neil Purslow, CEO, Therium Capital Management
Alexander Garnier, Founder and CEO, North Wall Capital
Neil Purslow, CEO, Therium Capital Management
Alexander Garnier, Founder and CEO, North Wall Capital
Moderator: Ana Carolina Salomao, Partner at Pogust Goodhead.
Brief Description: A discussion of key trends and developments pertaining to ESG in Litigation Funding.
Date: Oct 5, 2022
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/765954220″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Exploring Litigation Finance Advisory Firms” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Rebecca Berrebi, Founder and CEO, Avenue 33, LLC
Peter Petyt, Co-Founder, 4 Rivers Legal
Andrew Langhoff, Founder and Managing Director, Red Bridges Advisors
Peter Petyt, Co-Founder, 4 Rivers Legal
Andrew Langhoff, Founder and Managing Director, Red Bridges Advisors
Moderator: Ed Truant, Founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: Litigation Finance advisors discuss their role at the intersection of funders, law firms and claimants.
Date: Apr 27, 2022
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/759735439″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Litigation Funding in 2022 What to Expect” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Stuart Price, CEO & Managing Director, CASL (Australia)
Molly Pease, Managing Director, Curiam Capital (US)
Tets Ishikawa, Managing Director, LionFish (UK)
Molly Pease, Managing Director, Curiam Capital (US)
Tets Ishikawa, Managing Director, LionFish (UK)
Moderator: Peter Petyt, Co-Founder of 4 Rivers Services.
Brief Description: What lies ahead for the Litigation Funding industry as we enter a turbulent 2022? Hear from leading funders themselves.
Date: Feb 15, 2022
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/759732953″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Insights from New Entrants into Litigation Funding” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Charles Schmerler, Senior Managing Director, Pretium Partners
Zachary Krug, Director, Signal Capital Partners
Mark Wells, Co-Founder, Almatura
Zachary Krug, Director, Signal Capital Partners
Mark Wells, Co-Founder, Almatura
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital.
Brief Description: New entrants are emerging in the Litigation Finance industry. Learn their perspectives on fundraising, deal sourcing, hiring, and more!
Date: Dec 15, 2021
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/759725169″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Litigation Funding Event: The Evolution of Corporate Portfolio Funding” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Patrick Moloney, CEO of Litigation Capital Management
Neil Purslow, Co-Founder of Therium Capital Management
Greg McPolin, Managing Director of Burford Capital
Rebecca Berrebi, Founder & CEO of Avenue 33, LLC
Neil Purslow, Co-Founder of Therium Capital Management
Greg McPolin, Managing Director of Burford Capital
Rebecca Berrebi, Founder & CEO of Avenue 33, LLC
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: Corporate Portfolio Funding has been described as the future of the Litigation Funding industry. But what exactly is corporate portfolio funding? How do fund managers calculate the risk profile and ROI potential? What are its inherent advantages, and given these advantages, why have corporations been slow to adopt the practice?
These questions and more answered by a panel of experts
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/653953014″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”How Investors Approach Litigation Finance” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
David Gallagher, Co-Head of Litigation Investing, D.E. Shaw
David Demeter, Investment Director, Davidson College
CJ Wei, VP, Northleaf Capital
Benjamin Blum, Managing Director, Flexpoint Ford
Kendra Corbett, Partner, Cloverlay
David Demeter, Investment Director, Davidson College
CJ Wei, VP, Northleaf Capital
Benjamin Blum, Managing Director, Flexpoint Ford
Kendra Corbett, Partner, Cloverlay
Brief Description:A look at how hedge funds and institutional investors consider Litigation Finance as an asset class, including:
- How they analyze LF vs. other alternative assets
- The unique challenges of investing in this asset class
- Their predictions for the future of the industry
- And more!
Panelists:
Andrew Saker, CEO of Omni Bridgeway
Stuart Price, CEO of CASL
Patrick Moloney, CEO of LCM
Stuart Price, CEO of CASL
Patrick Moloney, CEO of LCM
Brief Description: Prominent Australia-based litigation funders discuss topics relevant to the evolution of the world’s oldest Lit Fin market:
- Regulatory risk, and how funders can best navigate that risk
- The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s opinion on funding in the class action regime
- The unique structural and cultural differences of managing a funding entity in Australia
- What the rest of the world (US, UK & EU) can learn from Australia’s market
Panelists:
Michael Morris, Managing Director of Northleaf Capital
Benjamin Kaplan, Co-Founder at C9 Partners
Don Plotsky, Co-Founder of Uinta Investment Partners
Benjamin Kaplan, Co-Founder at C9 Partners
Don Plotsky, Co-Founder of Uinta Investment Partners
Moderator: Dan Avnir, Managing Director, Bryant Park Capital
Brief Description: Institutional Investors and LPs discuss their thoughts on Consumer Legal Funding, including how they value the asset class, the growth prospects for the industry as a whole, and what considerations are top-of-mind when partnering with fund managers.
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/577000511″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Q1 2021 Roundup: Investor Insights into Litigation Funding” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Jonathan Rix, Senior Associate at UK-based PE firm Partners Capital
Kendra Corbett, Principal on the Investment team of independent asset manager Cloverlay
David Demeter, Investment Director of Davidson College’s $1Bn endowment fund.
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: Institutional Investors and LPs discuss their thoughts on Litigation Finance, including how they value the asset, what they look for when partnering with a funder, and the bespoke challenges to investing in this nascent industry.
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/520775470″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Full Year 2020 Roundup” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Jonathan Rix, Senior Associate at UK-based PE firm Partners Capital
Kendra Corbett, Principal on the Investment team of independent asset manager Cloverlay
David Demeter, Investment Director of Davidson College’s $1Bn endowment fund.
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: Institutional Investors and LPs discuss their thoughts on Litigation Finance, including how they value the asset, what they look for when partnering with a funder, and the bespoke challenges to investing in this nascent industry.
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/520775436″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Q3 2020 Roundup” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Jim Batson, Senior Investment Manager of Omni Bridgeway
Nick Pontt, Managing Director of Affiniti Finance
Mick Smith, founder of Almatura
Paul Haskel, partner at Richards, Kibbe & Orbe, LLP.
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: A discussion of key issues facing the commercial litigation funding industry, including Burford’s dual listing, the IMF Bentham. / Omni Bridgeway merger, the surging demand for portfolio funding, and what the first course of action should be for the ILFA.
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/520775422″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Q2 2020 Roundup” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
William Farrell, co-founder of Longford Capital
Robert Hanna, co-founder of Augusta Ventures
Molly Pease, Managing Director of Curiam Capital
Moderator: Ed Truant, founder of Slingshot Capital
Brief Description: A discussion of key issues facing the commercial litigation funding industry, including an increase in insolvency litigation, how funding insurance claims differs from other types of funding, the increased usage of funding by law firms, and the official announcement of the ILFA.
[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/520775384″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”LFJ’s Digital Conference on COVID and Consumer Funding” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Panelists:
Eric Schuller, President of the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding,
Kevin Confoy, Chief Risk Officer of GloFin
Paul Galsterer, Founding Partner of The Injury Firm
Lawrence Yablon, Partner at Robinson Yablon PC,
Anthony Sebok, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Moderator: Dan Avnir, Managing Director at Bryant Park Capital
Brief Description: Funders and Attorneys discuss how COVID is impacting the Consumer Legal Funding sector. Topics include whether companies are liable for COVID-related claims, compensation funds for victims, the pressures facing case originators, and plaintiff advances during the pandemic.
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