Kristen Smith

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Kristen Smith

Melbourne

Senior Investment Manager

Kristen Smith is Senior Investment Manager, based in Melbourne and leads Omni Bridgeway’s operations in Victoria, Australia. Kristen is currently managing Omni Bridgeway’s investments in a range of funded claims.

Kristen joined Omni Bridgeway in 2015 and has led numerous successfully resolved disputes, including class actions against Bellamy’s Australia Limited and companies in the Murray Goulburn group, which have generated tens of millions of dollars of recoveries for claimants.  She has also developed novel financing products to assist law firms achieve their growth strategies. 

Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway, Kristen worked in Slater and Gordon’s Commercial and Project Litigation team from 2008. In legal practice, Kristen worked on a range of insolvency matters, commercial disputes, class action matters and several high profile out-of-court dispute resolution schemes with major financial institutions. Kristen has extensive litigation experience, and brings key skills to the strategic and project management aspects of complex litigation.

Kristen has also worked for Dundas & Wilson (now CMS) in Scotland and as an Associate to the Supreme Court of Victoria’s Associate Justice Efthim. In 2004 she was awarded the Victoria Law Foundation Chief Justice’s Medal for Excellence and Community Service.  Kristen serves as the Vice President on the board of MESS Ltd, a not-for-profit arts organisation. 

Kristen holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

  • New-to-In-House Round Table – Legal Counsel or Counsellor. Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). 29 November 2021.
  • Demystifying Dispute Financing - Litigation as an Asset. Presentation. CPA Australia. 22 September 2021. Webinar
  • Putting a price on privacy: The evolving legal landscape in Australia & beyond. Panel. Omni Bridgeway. 25 March 2021. Webinar
  • Issues for In-House Counsel. Holding Redlich. Panel. 11 November 2020. Webinar.
  • PFAS Contamination in Gippsland. Community Presentation. 4 October 2018. Gippsland, VIC. 
  • Corporate Funding Hypothetical. Minter Ellison. 9 March 2018. Melbourne, VIC. 
  • Litigation Funding for Insolvency Claims. KordaMentha. 6 October 2016. Melbourne, VIC.
  • Litigation Funding for Insolvency Professionals. S.V. Partners. 30 June 2016. Melbourne, VIC. 
  • Litigation Funding for Insolvency and Commercial Claims. PCI Partners. 9 June 2016. Melbourne, VIC.
  • Litigation Funding for Insolvency Professionals. Ferrier Hodgson. 27 April 2016. Melbourne, VIC. 
  • Litigation Funding for Insolvency and Commercial Claims. Cornwall Stoddart. 13 April 2016. Melbourne, VIC. 
  • Insolvency Litigation Funding. McGrath Nichol. 26 February 2016. Melbourne, VIC.

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