Decision Alert: The Supreme Court of Canada affirms a debtor’s litigation finance agreement with Bentham Canada. We discuss what this could mean for U.S. insolvency practitioners.
IMF Bentham Limited and Omni Bridgeway are excited to announce that IMF Bentham Limited and its subsidiary companies, including Bentham IMF, are adopting the unified global name of Omni Bridgeway, following a shareholder vote at the company's General Meeting on 14 February 2020.
Startup guru Andre Gharakhanian disucsses his move from Big Law to a startup practice, his philosophy about representing early-stage companies, and his expert advice to company founders on everything from the search for legal counsel to the value of litigation finance as a tool for resource-challenged startups.
One may need to bring an enforcement action that will capture debtor’s assets or create enough leverage with the debtor to force payment. But enforcement against an unwilling debtor can be complex, time consuming and very costly—and even more so when the debtor and its assets are situated abroad.
For insurers and their outside counsel, litigation finance can offer creative ways to pursue subrogation and reinsurance claims that otherwise may have been left behind.
The Conservative Case for Litigation Finance: We discuss how litigation finance has become an integral part of our legal system and what this means for lawyers and claimants.
The world's largest dispute finance team just got even stronger with Mr Maarten van Luyn joining Omni Bridgeway and IMF Bentham in Europe as director of Collective Redress
International arbitration can be a costly, lengthy, and complex process. Funding provides benefits to both smaller and larger companies engaging in them.
Discovery and Disclosure Series: We discuss how bankruptcy cases prove to be the exception to the rule when it comes to disclosure of funding documents.
Gain insight on the benefits of litigation finance from a Managing Partner turned Investment Manager. Spotlight is on Stephanie Southwick, our newest addition to our SF office.
You may have won the battle, but not the war. Appellate funding can help claimants and firms monetize a trial court judgment while their case is pending appeal.
Bentham funds a whole range of entertainment-related claims, from breach of contract to copyright infringement to trade secrets and idea misappropriation matters. See how litigation finance can help your entertainment company manage your meritorious claims.
In this informative five-minute interview, The Deal’s Armie Lee sits down with Jim Batson, the head of Bentham IMF’s New York office for his take on developments within the commercial litigation finance industry.
A funder like Bentham IMF, staffed with litigation experts and deeply experienced in identifying the value of cases, can help companies develop a coordinated strategy to pursue their claims., allowing them to create a significant recovery program.
The High Court of Australia has handed down its judgment(1) on common fund orders in the most significant ruling relating to litigation funding since the Fostif case(2). A majority of the High Court held that neither the Federal Court of Australia nor the Supreme Court of New South Wales have the power to make a ‘common fund order’ (CFO), at least not in the early stages of litigation.
Bentham IMF brings several advantages to the table when it comes to litigation finance: its status as one of the world’s most experienced legal funders, its record of investment success, and its global reach, among others. Less well known, perhaps, is another core strength: the company’s gender diversity.
Litigation funding offers benefits in Intellectual Property cases that cannot be achieved through traditional contingency arrangements, or through self-funding. We discuss how funding can provide patent lawyers a strategic advantage.
