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Litigation Funding Bulks Up in U.S. and Abroad

April 16, 2019 | News

Bentham, Boies Schiller Target Cross-Border Disputes in $30M Funding Deal

The Vietnam-focused collaboration suggests a similar deal between Bentham and Kobre & Kim for Israel disputes has been a success.
4 minute read

March 25, 2019 | News

Therium Announces $430M Fund, Pushing Investments Past $1B

The litigation funder recently opened up a presence in Australia and invests in litigation and arbitration globally.
2 minute read

April 09, 2019 | News

Litigation Funder Raises $300M Fund to Help Firms Recoup Fees

The new fund is aimed at law firms and their clients wanting to "manage the frequent and significant delays" in postsettlement payouts.
2 minute read

April 24, 2019 | Analysis

Litigation Funders Flex Muscles in Washington, Keeping Lobbyists in Demand

Market leaders Burford and Bentham have turned to lobbyists at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and elsewhere, but they remain outgunned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
8 minute read

April 22, 2019 | News

Litigation Funder Lures K&L Gates Dallas Leader for First Texas Outpost

Longford Capital has made its first expansion outside of Chicago, where the litigation funding firm was founded in 2013.
3 minute read

March 14, 2019 | Commentary

The Law Firm Disrupted: A More Transparent Look at the Litigation Finance Business

Burford Capital's annual financial report sheds light on just how much the world's biggest litigation funder is spending. Plus, what happens if O'Melveny & Meyers and Allen & Overy walk away from merger talks.
6 minute read