We have a highly experienced team of 185+ specialists in law, intelligence and finance with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems. We work with individual claimants, law firms, corporations, sovereigns and multilateral institutions.
Our team assesses investments and enforcement opportunities arising in nearly every region, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the UK and the US. We have funded hundreds of cases to completion, offering disputes financing and judgment enforcement capability and experience that is unsurpassed in the industry.
bringing you peace of mind
backing claims to resolution and covering adverse costs
providing local knowledge and expertise around the world
supporting clients’ prospects for success
collaborating from the start to achieve optimal outcomes
The company today known as Omni Bridgeway is the strategic combination of multiple companies that trace their roots to the early days of financing legal risk. The activities of the companies first began in the Netherlands in 1986 with a company forming under the name Omni Bridgeway to focus on trading distressed debt. By 1990, that company had expanded its capabilities to engage in distressed asset recovery and restructuring.
Later that decade, a company formed in Australia under the name IMF Bentham to focus on insolvency funding. As IMF Bentham grew across Australia, Omni Bridgeway expanded to Guernsey and Geneva. In 2011, IMF Bentham made its first international moves, opening an office in the United States and following that up with others in the country, a joint venture in the United Kingdom, expansion into Canada, then Asia and the Middle East.
Omni Bridgeway meanwhile was also growing, having expanded to Singapore in 2015 and then acquiring ROLAND ProzessFinanz, a leading German litigation funder, opening an office in Dubai, and forming a joint venture with IFC (part of the World Bank Group), to assist banks with funding and managing the enforcement of non-performing loans and related disputes in the Middle East and Africa.
By 2019, the companies had become respected leaders, each with decades of complementary experience and impressive track records in their areas of expertise. Recognizing the advantages that could flow from joining forces, they became one global entity in November that year when IMF Bentham acquired Omni Bridgeway. The combined entity is the world’s largest and most experienced dispute funding group and enforcement and recovery specialist.
In recognition of the heritage behind and appropriateness of a name that described the company as everywhere and in every manner a means of connecting with financing and risk management solutions, the company decided to rebrand as one global entity under the name its longest established part had used all along: Omni Bridgeway.
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We are honored by market acknowledgement and thank our peers and clients for their recognition.
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
LITIGATION FUNDING:
The only Band 1 Australia,
South East Asia, Canada (2021, 2022)
The only Band 1 Middle East (2022)
The only Band 1 APAC (2019, 2020)
Band 1 Europe (2021, 2022)
Band 1 US (2018-2022)
Band 1 Latin America (2022)
Band 4 UK (2020-2022)
GLOBAL ASSET TRACING & RECOVERY:
Band 1 (2020-2022)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION:
Band 1 (2022)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Band 2 US (2021, 2022)
INSOLVENCY:
Band 3 UK (2022)
WHO’S WHO LEGAL
WHO’S WHO LEGAL THOUGHT LEADERS:
23 team members recognised (2022)
25 team members recognised (2021)
22 team members recognised (2020)
WHO’S WHO LEGAL ARBITRATION:
1 team member recognised (2022)
2 team members recognised (2020)
THE RECORDER
LITIGATION FUNDING PROVIDER:
Number 1 'Litigation Funding Provider' (2017, 2018)
LAW FIRM FUNDING:
Recognised in ‘Best of’ list for 'Law Firm Funding' (2017, 2018)
FT INNOVATIVE LAWYERS
FT INNOVATIVE LAWYERS AWARDS – ASIA PACIFIC HIGHLY COMMENDED:
Funding of SIAC arbitration with leading international law firm (2019)
CANADIAN LAWYER
CANADIAN LAWYER READERS’
CHOICE AWARD:
Recognised as a Top Litigation Funder (2018, 2019, 2020)
LAWDRAGON
GLOBAL 100 LEADERS IN
LITIGATION FINANCE:
12 team members recognised (2022)
14 team members recognised (2021)
6 team members recognised (2020)
2 team members recognised (2016-19)
GLOBAL 500 RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY ADVISORS:
9 team members recognised (2020)
LEADERS LEAGUE
ARBITRATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
3 team members recognised (2022)
1 team member recognised (2021)
‘Best Litigation Funder Arbitration’
LITIGATION FUNDERS:
Ranked ‘leading’ and ‘excellent’ and
‘Highly recommended’ for litigation and
arbitration funding in the UK, US, LATAM
and Europe (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
5 team members recognised (2022)
CORPORATE LIVEWIRE
INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE AWARDS:
1 team member recognised, ‘Excellence in Class Action Services’ (2017) Litigation Finance Firm of the Year (Germany, 2021)
CONNECTICUT LAW TRIBUNE
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
FUNDING PROVIDER:
Number 1 litigation funding provider in ‘Best Of’ list (2018)
Recognised in ‘Best Of’ list (2017)
GLOBAL ADVISORY EXPERTS
GLOBAL ADVISORY EXPERTS AWARD:
Litigation Finance Firm of the Year (Germany, 2021)
THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
THE LAW FIRM FUNDING PROVIDER:
Recognised in ‘Best of’ list for ‘Law Firm Funding provider’ category (2019, 2020, 2021)
ACQUISITION INTERNATIONAL
ACQUISITION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARD:
Leaders in Litigation Funding Services (Germany, 2021, 2022)
CORPORATE COUNSEL
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
FUNDING PROVIDER:
Recognised in ‘Best of’ list for ‘Commercial Litigation Funding Provider’ (2017, 2018)
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
INSURANCE PROVIDER:
Recognised in ‘Best of’ list for ‘Professional Liability Insurance Provider’ (2017, 2018)
CORPORATE INTL
CORPORATE INTL AWARD:
Litigation Finance Firm of the Year (Germany, 2021 - 2023)
Servicing clients where their needs arise is a top priority for Omni Bridgeway.
We operate on a virtual basis around the clock across time zones and deploy capital for disputes and enforcement activities in nearly every region of the world. Our professionals are always within reach and ready to meet with you wherever and whenever your needs arise.
To find an Omni Bridgeway professional in your region, please visit our team page.
Omni Bridgeway is one of the most rapidly expanding dispute resolution finance firms in the world. We hire professionals dedicated to ensuring that the service we provide to clients is unsurpassed and the investments we make provide optimal returns to investors.
We welcome enquiries from seasoned professionals interested in joining our industry-leading team.
