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Blowing the whistle on fraudulent conduct doesn’t have to mean sacrificing your financial security. Learn how Bentham IMF’s non-recourse financing can help.

An asset management approach to litigation allows law firm partners to spend less time worrying about how to cover legal expenses and more time doing what they do best: being lawyers.

IMF Bentham is pleased to announce two further funding vehicles for future cases and investments in Asia and abroad.

IMF Bentham has announced the launch of two further investment vehicles, worth a combined A$150 million, to fund future cases and investments in Australia, Asia, Canada and Europe.

If you are an SME facing a well-resourced defendant, third party litigation funding can level the playing field and bring significant value to you.

Litigation funding and litigation insurance are sometimes compared as ways to help litigants reduce their risk when bringing contingency fee-based claims.

The U.S. Chamber again seeks to amend the FRCP to allow for automatic disclosure of litigation funding agreements. In our response, we explain why their request should be denied by the Rules Committee.

Litigation funding can provide lawyers and law firms with an effective alternative to one of the thorniest business challenges they may face — the billable hour.

In recent weeks, the Federal Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court have given valuable guidance on litigation funding arrangements in Canada

Law firm portfolio funding is distinct from litigation funding for an individual claim. With portfolio funding, a law firm has a number of contingency fee or partial contingency fee cases.

Sometimes there is a “tradeoff” to entering an alternative fee arrangements. And sometimes that tradeoff results in a failure to maximize the value of the litigation claims.

One of the key benefits for those who seek funding from Bentham IMF is the experience offered by its team of highly skilled litigation experts.

Litigation is inevitable, and when it happens, a prospective plaintiff needs to consider whether litigation funding will form part of their litigation strategy. Whether you’re a lawyer in private practice, in-house counsel, or corporate decision maker, a knowledge of litigation funding will put you in the best position to advise your client, the board, or the C-suite. Alexandra McVay, Associate Investment Manager with litigation funder IMF Bentham Limited details 5 key things you need to know when considering litigation funding.

In our final installment, we will review key terms to take into consideration when faced with the all-important funding agreement.

In a recent podcast, the team at Building New Law interviewed Casey Flaherty about his new book Unless You Ask. The book encourages law firms and clients to have conversations to improve their working relationships.

Our third installment of this four-part blog series on how to get a case funded will focus on the do-or-die moment for an investment: the diligence process.

The benefits of working with Bentham include less obvious advantages that improve a claimant’s chances for litigation success.

Seeking litigation finance for your company or client? Here’s what you need to know before signing a term sheet.

In determining whether to fund a case, professional litigation funders put each potential investment through rigorous due diligence, which typically takes 30 to 45 days.

In the first of this four-part series, find out what to look for in partnering with a litigation financier and why entering into an NDA is of utmost importance.