Press Releases

Omni Bridgeway is proud to be the leading litigation funder in the Chambers 2023 Litigation Support Guide with the most recognitions overall, and the most Band 1 rankings across the globe. Thank you to our clients and peers for your endorsement and continued support!

We welcome renowned legal industry professionals Leora Benami and the Hon. Winifred Smith (Ret.) to our Investment Committee. Their experience and insight will be invaluable to our investment process, ensuring we continue to set the benchmark for the highest standards in the industry.

Omni Bridgeway is delighted to announce our expansion into Italy with a new Milan office and the addition of Giacomo Serra Zanetti as Investment Manager and Senior Legal Counsel. Giacomo will use his expertise in cross-border restructuring and insolvency transactions to develop strategic, non-recourse financing solutions for clients throughout Italy and around the globe.

We are continuing our US expansion with the addition of investment managers and office heads Maryanne Woo in Chicago and Lauren Alexander in Miami. Also joining in Miami is Enrique Molina as investment manager. With their experience in complex commercial litigation and local market expertise, we are thrilled to provide on-the-ground resources in two of the fastest growing legal markets in the country.

Omni Bridgeway is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannah van Roessel as Co-Chief Investment Officer – EMEA, and the promotions of Kees de Visser and Alistair Croft.

Omni Bridgeway is pleased to announce its expansion and permanent operations in Paris with the arrival of Leon Ioannou as an Investment Manager and Senior Legal Counsel. With deep expertise in international arbitration gained as both in-house legal counsel and within leading law firms, Leon will support clients and lawyers with non-recourse financing and recovery solutions for legal disputes in France and internationally.

We are pleased to announce new appointments in its Asia Pacific team and announce senior promotions.

Omni Bridgeway is pleased to announce that Mr. Michael Munsch has joined the company’s international intellectual property team as an Investment Manager and Senior Legal Counsel.

Highly respected law firm, Piper Alderman, and the worlds largest legal finance team, Omni Bridgeway, are preparing a class action on behalf of up to 20,000 everyday Australian investors who have collectively lost hundreds of millions of dollars trading highly controversial financial products call contract for difference (CFDs)

We welcome recent hires and congratulate promoted colleagues in the U.S. Our bench has doubled - indicative of the market demand for legal finance and the value our team delivers to claimants, law firms, and companies in our skills-plus-capital model.

Omni Bridgeway is pleased to announce the appointment of Guillaume Leger as Global Chief Financial Officer. Along with the recent addition of Mark Wells as our Global Head of Portfolio Management, they will help lead the company's continued U.S. and international expansion.

Omni Bridgeway expands its investment team in Canada with the addition of Laura Scheim as associate investment manager and legal counsel in the Montreal office.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Wells as Global Head of Portfolio Management. Based in Omni Bridgeway’s London office, Mark Wells will be responsible for further developing Omni Bridgeway’s global fund and capital management strategy and head the global pricing and financial structuring team.

We are pleased to announce new appointments in its Asia Pacific leadership team.

We are delighted to announce Dmytro Shemelin has joined Omni Bridgeway. Bringing more than 16 years of experience in cross-border disputes and enforcement, Dmytro joins from leading Ukrainian law firm Asters, where he was Counsel specialising in major banking fraud matters. Based in Amsterdam, he will be responsible for originating, assessing, and managing funded cases with a focus on enforcement matters in EMEA.

Omni Bridgeway (formerly known in the US as Bentham IMF) is pleased to announce the launch of its US Judgment Enforcement business.

Omni Bridgeway, the world’s largest dispute finance team, is pleased to announce new appointments to its Investment Committee and Investment Management team in Australia.