The Law and Business of Litigation Finance

Steven Friel,

ISBN 10: 1526515253 / ISBN 13: 9781526515254

Published by Bloomsbury Professional, 2021

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Synopsis:

The Law and Business of Litigation Finance considers the international development of the law and practice of high value litigation and arbitration funding. It is an essential guide for those who provide or seek such funding, as well as for anyone who wishes to understand the litigation funding process and to avoid pitfalls.

It answers questions such as:
- How do litigation funders raise capital and how do they spend it?
- What are their corporate and financial structures?
- What type of cases do they invest in and what are their returns?
- What are the key legal issues relating to litigation funding?

The Law and Business of Litigation Finance assists various parties, including:
- Those who do not have the resources or risk appetite to proceed in litigation or arbitration without financial support
- Law firms who are interested in a significant business development opportunity, and fairer outcome for litigants
- Insolvent estates, whose biggest assets are their potential claims
- Judges, arbitrators and other neutral parties in funded dispute resolution cases
- Regulators, legislators and policymakers in the fields of legal and financial services
- Investors who seek high risk, high return opportunities

The book is edited by one of the most accomplished litigation funders in the international market and has contributions from leading experts drawn from legal practice, financiers and academia. The focus is on the UK and the US, the two main centres for the international litigation funding industry, with reference to Australia, New Zealand and other select jurisdictions.

As the first book on litigation finance to take an international, and particularly transatlantic, perspective, this is a must-have guide for all lawyers, commercial court judges, legal policy makers, regulators, investors, and academics in these jurisdictions.

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About the Authors:

Steven Friel is Chief Executive Officer at Woodsford, one of the most well-established litigation funders in the international market. Steven has repeatedly been ranked by independent directories as a leader in the field. Chambers and Partners, 2020: ‘Steven Friel is ... praised for his hands-on approach and ability to work constructively on even the biggest and most complicated matters. He is very easy to deal with... He grasps the facts and the law extremely quickly. He is an extremely good resource for Woodsford – a great strategic thinker.’ Chambers and Partners, 2019: ‘He seems to have limitless energy to explore things, and he’s extremely sharp.’ Chambers and Partners, 2018: ‘Steven Friel is very impressive. He has a razor sharp legal mind, is intellectually curious, and has strong business sense.’

Before joining Woodsford, Steven was a partner in the London office of international law firm Brown Rudnick. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Steven was a partner in the London office of DAC Beachcroft, and practised from the London and New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton. Steven is a law graduate of Cambridge University, and graduated top of his class with a Master of Laws degree in International Dispute Resolution from the University of London.

Anthony Sebok, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York

Professor Sebok is an expert on mass torts, litigation finance, comparative tort law, and legal philosophy. Before coming to Cardozo in 2007, he was the Centennial Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Research at Brooklyn Law School where he taught for 15 years. He is the author of Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence, and numerous articles and essays on legal finance and insurance law. His casebook, Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress, which he co-authored with John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky, is used at several leading law schools. Professor Sebok was the Academic Co-Reporter, with W. Bradley Wendel, of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Informational Report on Alternative Litigation Finance (2012).

David Capper is Reader in Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

Jonathan Barnes is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Woodsford. Before leaving private practice, Jonathan enjoyed a successful 20-year career in the City of London as a transactional lawyer. In 2006 he joined longstanding client Woodsford Consulting – a business consultancy and Family Office of a wealthy European family – as a director and subsequently CEO. Jonathan co-founded Woodsford Litigation Funding in 2010 and has been central to its successful growth. Woodsford is a founder member of both the International Legal Finance Association and the Association of Litigation Funders of England and Wales and Jonathan serves on the Management Committee of the former and the Board of the latter.

David Siffert, New York University School of Law – Center on Civil Justice

David Siffert serves as Director of Research and Projects at the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law, a centre dedicated to the study of the civil justice system in the United States and how it can continue to fulfill its purposes. Prior to joining the Center, Siffert was a civil litigator at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Siffert clerked for Hon. Robert S. Smith, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and Hon. Barbara S. Jones, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Siffert is an alumnus of New York University School of Law ('09) and the University of Chicago (AB '06).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Law and Business of Litigation Finance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New