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We discuss three methods businesses can use to deploy litigation finance to reduce risk and build revenue during uncertain times.

Vanguard speaks with Chris Young, Omni Bridgeway’s GC for North America and Chief Compliance Officer, about the growth of the litigation finance industry and the reasons why he embraces risk in his line of work.

The readers of Canadian Lawyer have again identified Omni Bridgeway as one of their top litigation funders, for the third year in a row.

Companies often take on significant debt from financial institutions to finance mergers and acquisitions. Learn how litigation finance can be used to stimulate cash flow until the deal is sealed.

Increasing numbers of corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)- related class actions may benefit from dispute funding due to their size, scope, and complexity.

We look ahead on our one-year merger-versary excited to expand geographically, introduce new funding solutions to the market and pursue strategic priorities to increase deal flow, grow our funds under management and achieve operational excellence.

Litigation funding for intercreditor disputes has become “a clear third option” to paying hourly fees or hiring a law firm on a contingency basis.

We discuss the first written opinion expressly approving third party funding in the British Virgin Islands and what that means for those looking to use litigation finance there.

Omni Bridgeway was delighted to participate in a successful and stimulating Australian Arbitration Week (AAW2020), held in mid-October 2020. Given the current COVID-19 restrictions, AAW2020 was offered virtually and open to registrants from around the globe. It included speakers from Australia and abroad, including Omni Bridgeway arbitration specialists located in Australia, Asia and the US.

Legal challenges to the use of litigation finance continue to get debunked. Ken Epstein and Nilufar Hossain analyze recent case law discussing whether the presence of funding affects a prevailing party’s standing to recover a statutory fee award.

The clock is ticking. Exploring litigation funding sooner rather than later can help law firms lessen the impact of the current economic slowdown before the end of the fiscal year.

In countries where it is permitted, Omni Bridgeway’s investment managers offer their expertise in managing complex arbitration, litigation and recoveries. This can enhance the claimant’s chances of achieving the best possible result.

With the threat of large NPLs (non-performing loans) looming in the face of an economic downturn, financial institutions can turn to dispute funding to alleviate the risk of, and retrieve value from, NPLs.

87% of insolvency practitioners and financial institutions now consider third party finance a valuable solution after learning how it works from Omni Bridgeway’s Ruth Stackpool-Moore in a recent webinar hosted by Simmons & Simmons.

Omni Bridgeway Investment Manager and former General Counsel of RSL NSW, Leanne Meyer, chats with Christian Paech, former General Counsel and Company Secretary of Australian energy company, Santos Limited. They discuss some of the challenges for an in-house legal team when a company has a claim and how dispute finance can assist.

New insolvency and restructuring laws in Singapore will make it easier for liquidators and judicial managers to obtain dispute funding in a broader range of insolvency related claims. The new laws were not drafted with the effects of a pandemic in mind but are timely and should provide valuable assistance in some circumstances.

Omni Bridgeway is pleased to be the first company in Australia to be granted a litigation funding Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). The AFSL means we are able to fund Australian class actions in compliance with the new regulations that came into force last month.

In Australia, shareholder class actions are one mechanism that can be deployed when other safeguards have failed to protect shareholder rights, enhance long-term value and change behaviour for the better.

Omni Bridgeway is one of the few dispute finance companies with individuals recognized by Who's Who Legal:l Arbitration 2021, which highlights outstanding arbitration practitioners around the globe.

To improve confidence and fairness in the Australian class action system, Omni Bridgeway has recommended the introduction of a minimum return to group members of no less than 50 per cent of the proceeds from a successful action. We believe this would strike the right balance.