Topic: Third-party funding

Six leading third-party funders have founded the first ever global association of litigation and arbitration finance providers.

14 September 2020

Albania has defeated the bulk of a third-party funded ICC claim worth US$90 million brought by a US-based company concerning three oilfields.

24 August 2020

A Perth-based miner says it will make good on a threatened ICSID claim against Tanzania over the revocation of project licences after it secured funding for the case.

10 August 2020

Burford Capital has bought a stake in a London disputes boutique, as part of a “first of its kind” transaction that will see the funder finance a portfolio of the firm’s cases.

24 June 2020

A US company’s bid to revive a US$65 million claim against Uruguay has been discontinued at ICSID, but the claimant’s owner has threatened the state with a new treaty claim.

17 June 2020

Litigation financing fund Burford Capital has lost its attempt to force the London Stock Exchange to hand over information that it says could prove it was the victim of market manipulation.

18 May 2020

Third-party funder Burford Capital has been accused of manipulating its 2019 financial results in a second report by US hedge fund Muddy Waters.

12 May 2020

A Finnish businessman has been awarded US$115 million in a third party funded treaty claim against Egypt over the loss of his iron and steel business and his imprisonment – as the state applies to a Dutch court to set the award aside.

24 April 2020

The UK’s financial markets regulator has found no evidence of an alleged spoofing attack against third-party funder Burford Capital.

02 April 2020

A US court has ruled it has no jurisdiction to enforce a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce award worth more than US$200 million against a subsidiary of Russia’s Rosneft.

16 March 2020