Earlier this year, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts invited parties to give their views on the draft Practice Direction on third party funding. Woodsford Litigation Funding was pleased to be involved in this consultation. Zachary Krug, Senior Investment Officer at Woodsford commented, “We [...]
Growing team focused on global opportunities LONDON and NEW YORK – Monday 9th January 2017, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation financing solutions for businesses, individuals, and law firms, has announced a series of senior and executive appointments Woodsford Litigation Funding has promoted [...]
Woodsford is proud to announce the publication of the first edition of Litigation Funding 2017, published by 'Getting the Deal Through' and edited by Woodsford’s Steven Friel and Jonathan Barnes. This is the first global comparative survey of the law and practice of third-party litigation with [...]
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC to deliver the inaugural Woodsford Litigation Funding Lecture at the University of Westminster Law School on 11 October 2016 Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have [...]
Jonathan Barnes, Chief Operating Officer at Woodsford Litigation Funding, has been elected to the Board of the Association of Litigation Funders. Jonathan joins other leading lights in the litigation funding community on the governing committee of the Association, which is an independent body that has [...]
John Beechey, the former president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and a member of the investment advisory panel at Woodsford Litigation Funding, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, released on 10 June [...]
Woodsford Litigation Funding is delighted to have been included on The Leap 100 2016 – a list of the 100 most exciting, fast-growth companies in the UK, launched by Mishcon de Reya and City AM. All the companies selected have demonstrated substantial growth over the [...]
Woodsford Litigation Funding is pleased to announce that Charlie Morris has joined the company as Senior Investment Officer, reporting to Steven Friel, the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. Charlie has significant experience of handling commercial disputes, often with an international dimension. He has represented a broad [...]
Access to justice sits at the bedrock of our work at Woodsford Litigation Funding. The principle that we should make a positive contribution to a just society has been enshrined in our business by our Chairman Yves Bonavero, who, together with his wife Anne, established [...]
Woodsford Litigation Funding’s Jonathan Barnes was interviewed by Corporate Disputes magazine on the subject of the future of litigation funding. Jonathan discusses key developments shaping the market, the increasing prevalence of alternative fee arrangements, regulatory developments, and the growing understanding of litigation funding as an [...]
