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I was pleased to moderate an excellent panel yesterday at DealCatalyst 'The Asset-Based/Specialist Lender Finance Conference' on 'The Opportunity in Litigation Funding' with Tets Ishikawa CJ Wei Cormac Leech and Vadim Lahmi. 💭 Two key takeaways from the conference: (1) Investor interest in litigation finance continues to grow, (2) There is commonality of user priorities across the finance spectrum (see slide attached). Flexibility, execution ability and general behaviour is more important than mere pricing. The better Funders already know this of course, but it's a useful reminder to them and a lesson for others. Thanks to the organisers for all their great work and the invitation. #DealCatalyst #GetDealsDone #AssetBasedFinance #SpecialistLenderFinance #PrivateCredit #StructuredCredit #CapitalStructure #litigationfunding #litigationfinance #litigationinsurance

The EU survey on litigation funding is open until the 3rd September 2024. Regardless of whether for or against litigation funding, anyone with an interest in litigation funding should complete this survey to give as informed an output as possible for the European Commission to determine what future policy choice they pursue. The link to the survey is in the comments below. #CommercialDisputes #CommercialLitigation #Disputes #DisputeResolution #LegalFinance #Litigation #LitigationFinance #LitigationFunding Tanya Lansky Gavin Wells Oliver Bates Graeme Scott Anna El-Erian Adrian Harris John Evans

🗓️ Mark your calendars for August 15th and join Legal Funding Journal for our next virtual town hall event. We will convene a panel of industry subject matter experts who will revisit the 2023 PACCAR decision and provide their insights around the future of legal funding in the UK, including key topics and trends such as: • A recap of the PACCAR decision and its potential implications, along with the predictions made by funders and industry experts at the time • How have those predictions panned out? What exactly have the implications been for UK litigation funders and the broader legal services industry over the past year?  • Are funders reconsidering the UK market entirely? Or just changing their underwriting standards, or perhaps building in an additional risk premium into their pricing, given the PACCAR decision?  • From a PR perspective, what have funders been doing differently, and how can they help persuade both the judiciary and the general public that this industry should not be over-regulated?  • Where will we go from here?  What does the future look like in terms of the regulatory environment for litigation funding in the UK and beyond? 📣 Panelists include: → Neil Purslow, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Therium Capital Management → Robert Marven, KC, Barrister at 4 New Square Chambers   → Ben Knowles, Chair International Arbitration at Clyde & Co → Nicholas Marler, Head of Technical Underwriting at Litica.  → With Moderator: Tets Ishikawa, Managing Director at LionFish Litigation Finance Limited Finance, Ltd. Join us by RSVP’ing below 👇 #litigationfinance #legalfinance #litigationfunding #litfin #legalfunding #Paccar

This Friday (26th July) marks the one year anniversary of the UKSupremeCourt's PACCAR judgment which went shock waves through the UK #litigationfunding industry. One year on, we can see those shock waves more clearly. How did it impact the market? Were the predictions correct? How's it changes the long term outlook for the industry? To cover this and more, Legal Funding Journal are hosting a town hall to revisit the judgment on Thursday 15th August 2024 at 1100 EST / 1600 LDN (Details in the link below) with an excellent, first class panel that I have the privilege to moderate, made up of: ➕ Neil Purslow (Therium Capital Management) ➕ Robert Marven KC (4 New Square Chambers) ➕ Ben Knowles (Clyde & Co) ➕ Nicholas Marler (Litica) The event is available to all. RSVP via the link in the comments below. Tanya Lansky Gavin Wells Oliver Bates Graeme Scott Anna El-Erian Adrian Harris John Evans LionFish Litigation Finance Limited Timothy Skennion Jessica Derr John Freund Laureano Onofre Harry Moran #litigationfinance #litigationfunding #legalfinance #litfin #disputefinance #commercialdisputes #disputes #disputeresolution #legalfinance #litigation #commerciallitigation #thirdpartyfunding

Thank you to Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global for the invitation to share my take on the '10 Ways to Scupper Your Litigation Funding Application'.    We never enjoy rejecting applications for funding, especially when most applicants have been the victims of an injustice and require funding to right the wrong. However, from time to time our reasoning comes down to a wayward approach that misunderstands the investor mindset.   All comments and additions welcomed! . . .   #commercialdisputes #commerciallitigation #disputes #disputeresolution #legalfinance #litigation #litigationfinance #litigationfunding Adrian Harris Anna El-Erian Gavin Wells Graeme Scott John Evans LionFish Litigation Finance Limited Oliver Bates Tets Ishikawa

Yesterday I was absolutely thrilled to chair along with Danielle Ford, the Russell-Cooke Solicitors and haysmacintyre hybrid webinar and seminar collaboration. We were very lucky to hear Lord Edward Garnier KC talk about the ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ offence, Simon Davenport KC speak about international sanctions and Tets Ishikawa present expertly on the litigation funding industry. Thank you again to these speakers from 4 Pump Court and LionFish Litigation Finance Limited, and especially to those who attended – both in-person and online – who were vital in making this such a fascinating and lively session. #FinancialCrime #FinancialCrimeWebinar #FailuretoPreventFraud #Sanctions #LitigationFunding #CivilJusticeCouncil #ECCTA2023