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Bentham and leading members of the Quebec bar and academia meet to discuss questions relevant to the future of litigation funding in Canada.

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.

The High Court of Australia has handed down its judgment on common fund orders in the most significant ruling relating to litigation funding since the Fostif case.

Learn how Bentham’s NIlufar Hossain, uses her experience as a former in-house general counsel to evaluate cases for potential investment.

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.

The merger brings together two pioneers of the litigation funding industry with an unrivaled 33-year track record of funded and recovered claims throughout the world.

The readers of Canadian Lawyer have spoken, and once again have identified Bentham IMF as one of their top litigation funders.

IMF Bentham Limited is delighted to welcome Ms Ruth Stackpool-Moore to our expanding global team as an Investment Manager, based in our Singapore office.

For companies seeking funding, an experienced funder can help assess the strength of litigation and provide connections and advice on counsel and experts that can help maximize recoveries.

In a large antitrust action, the question often arises of whether a possible class member should participate by remaining in the class or pursue its own action and opt out of the class action. There are benefits and costs associated with both approaches. Here, we analyze how companies should consider these issues and how litigation finance can help.

The use of dispute finance in international arbitration has been growing in recent years in many jurisdictions around the world, driven by the growth in use, cost and complexity of international arbitration, together with increasing demands on arbitration parties and practitioners to manage the associated costs and risks.

Not every company that seeks litigation financing does so because it lacks the resources to pursue elective litigation. Well-capitalized companies, can use litigation funding to help turn legal claims into valuable assets and, transforming the legal department into a contributor to corporate revenues and profits.

In this two-part podcast, IMF Bentham’s Clive Bowman chats with Robert Bordone, a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, about negotiation strategies for commercial dispute resolution.