IMF Bentham was well represented at this year’s highly successful Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference in Manila (14-16 March). The event brought together over 1000 lawyers from the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to discuss latest trends and innovations.
Like many of the Asian jurisdictions in which we operate, parties in South Korea are beginning to turn their minds to dispute resolution finance. Korean businesses and law firms are increasingly involved in complex, high-value international transactions and projects. Related disputes can be equally complex, costly and high-risk, often involving international arbitration. The advent of third-party funding in Asia is appealing to those Korean parties seeking to manage costs, risks and legal budgets.
IMF Bentham’s Investment Manager, Gavin Beardsell explains how litigation funding can assist insurers to recover their losses by way of subrogated claims.
Over 60 legal practitioners, academics and students studying dispute resolution gathered for the first ever seminar on third-party funding in Manila on 13 March co-hosted by IMF Bentham and King & Spalding.
Arbitration is increasingly popular amongst the international business community as a means of resolving cross-border commercial disputes - so how do we prepare future generations of lawyers to meet the demand for skilled legal representation?
IMF Bentham Limited has agreed to finance its first international commercial arbitration in Singapore. It is one of the first known examples of funded international arbitration in Singapore since the city-state passed new laws facilitating the use of third-party funding last year.
Lord Justice Sir Rupert Jackson of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales will be guest speaker at an invitation-only Class Actions Conference hosted by IMF Bentham and The University of NSW on 25 September 2018 in Melbourne.
IMF was delighted to participate in a symposium on 1 March 2018 to discuss class actions in Western Australia and third-party litigation funding. The symposium was organised by leading independent Australian law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Andrew Saker, IMF Bentham CEO and Managing Director, recently sat down with The CEO Magazine’s Adrian Flores to discuss IMF Bentham’s business strategy and what it takes to lead Australia’s largest litigation funder.
IMF Bentham was delighted to host a table at this year’s Social Justice Dinner convened by PIAC (Public Interest Advocacy Centre). The dinner took place on 1 March 2018 at Doltone House, Sydney and featured guest speaker Professor Megan Davis.
81% of Fund Managers feel obliged to participate in class actions and over half have a defined protocol in place for class actions, according to audience polling at a recent Investment Operations Conference.
Sale of the majority of its US investment portfolio to its US Fund enables company to retain substantial upside exposure to the cases while substantially de-risking its balance sheet.
Are you a shareholder or investor in a company whose management has engaged in misleading conduct? IMF Bentham Investment Manager, Ewen McNee, explains how participating in a class action can help you recover your losses.
IMF Bentham's Laura Maytom, explains key elements of an opinion published by the Centre for Policy Development, on the obligations of company directors to disclose climate change risks.
IMF Bentham has made a submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into litigation funding and class actions. IMF's response addresses the issues raised on regulation of funders and contingency fees.
IMF Bentham’s General Counsel Jeremy Sambrook discussed the impact of litigation funding on Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) insurance at the AON Advanced Risk Conference 2017 in Melbourne.
On 10 October, IMF Bentham’s Oliver Gayner discussed trends in third-party funding alongside the President of the NSW Court of Appeal, as part of a panel at the International Bar Association's Annual Conference in Sydney.
