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Lake Whillans Releases 2019 Litigation Finance Survey
Lake Whillans has released the findings from its annual litigation finance survey. The funder questioned 357 respondents ranging from solo practitioners to members of large law firms to in-house counsel, and aggregated their thoughts on the growing industry of third party funding….
Ex-Litigator Discusses Transition from Big Law to Litigation Funding
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 upstart US-based litigation funder. Today, Lake Whillans is one of the premier funding entities in the nation, having recently raised $125MM and being named one…
Lake Whillans Discusses Third Party Funding in Asia With Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Given the recent adoption of third party funding in certain contexts in both Hong Kong and Singapore, demand for the practice is expected to grow – not just in those jurisdictions, but in all of Asia. Litigation funder Lake Whillans sat down with Freshfields Brockhaus Deringer’s (FBP) international arbitration practice in Asia to get the inside scoop…
