The 2025 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance

Stewart Ackerly Statera Capital Washington, D.C. Origination, Commercial Disputes Charles Agee Westfleet Advisors Nashville Litigation Finance Broker Cindy Ahn Longford Capital Chicago IP, Patent, Portfolio Craig Arnott Burford Capital London CIO John Astill Exton Advisors London Founder Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu Bench Walk Advisors London Litigation Finance Brandon Baer Contingency Capital New York Founder Chris Baildon Lex Ferenda Litigation Funding New York Litigation Finance Corey Banks Therium Capital New York Litigation Finance Bryce Barcelo Certum Group Houston IP Litigation Finance Jonathan Barnes Woodsford London Co-Founder Jim Batson Westfleet Advisors New York Co-CIO Cesar Bello Corbin Capital Partners New York Litigation Finance Isabelle Berger Nivalion Steinhausen, Switzerland CIO Mick Biehl GLS Capital Chicago Litigation & Arbitration Finance Matthew Blumenstein Statera Capital Chicago Investment, Underwriting Christopher Bogart Burford Capital New York Co-Founder Stephen Bolster Litica London Insurance, Law Firm Finance Olivier Bonavero Woodsford London Co-Founder Anastasia Davis Bondarenko Fortress Investment Group Paris International Arbitration Régis Bonnan Profile Investment Paris Litigation Finance Fred Bowman Therium Capital London Investment Lisa Brentnall CASL Sydney Insolvency, Commercial, Class Actions Simon Burnett Balance Legal Capital Sydney Litigation Finance John Byrne Therium Capital London Co-Founder Matthew Cantor Pretium New York Distressed, Insolvency, Large Cap Joshua Card Therium Capital New York Litigation Finance Marc Cavan Longford Capital Chicago IP, Patent, Portfolio Wendie Childress Westfleet Advisors Houston Litigation Finance Broker Dai Wai Chin Feman Parabellum Capital New York Commercial Litigation, Public Policy Allison Chock Omni Bridgeway Los Angeles Litigation Finance Adrian Chopin Bench Walk Advisors London Co-Founder Chad Clamage Victory Park Capital Chicago Litigation Finance Ronit Cohen Arcadia Finance New York Founder, Legal Finance Underwriting Heather Collins Courthouse Capital Sydney Investment Jeffery Commission Burford Capital Washington, D.C. Investor-State, International Commercial Arbitration Tom Conlon Harbour London Investor Relations Mike Cumming-Bruce Bench Walk Advisors London Litigation Finance Andrew Curtis The Litigation Fund Mill Valley, Calif. Post-Judgment Financing Tom Davey Factor Risk Management London Co-Founder Justin David Pine Valley Capital Partners Austin Deal Origination, Investment Management James Delaney Erso Capital London Co-Founder Christopher DeLise Delta Capital Partners Chicago Founder Brandon Deme Factor Risk Management London After The Event (ATE ) Insurance Broker Patrick Dempsey Certum Group New York U.S. Business Origination Christiane Deniger Burford Capital London Investor-State, International Commercial Arbitration Simon Dluzniak Therium Capital Melbourne Class Action, Antitrust, Insolvency Kirstin Dodge Nivalion Steinhausen, Switzerland North America, Southern Europe, Latin America Joseph Dunn Fortress Investment Group New York Litigation Finance Susan Dunn Harbour London Founder Ola Eriksson Fortress Investment Group London Legal Finance, Europe and Australia Adam Erusalimsky LCM London Litigation Finance, EMEA Jason Ethridge Gerchen Capital Partners Chicago Litigation Finance Timothy Farrell Longford Capital Chicago Co-Founder William Farrell Longford Capital Chicago Co-Founder James Foster LCM London Disputes Finance Steven Friel Woodsford London Litigation Finance, ESG David Gallagher The Litigation Fund Los Angeles Co-Founder John Garda Longford Capital Dallas Commercial Disputes Alexander Garnier NorthWall Capital London Founder Russell Genet Longford Capital Chicago IP, Patent Adam Gerchen Gerchen Capital Partners Chicago Founder Michael German Lex Ferenda Litigation Funding New York Litigation Finance Adam Gill GLS Capital Chicago Patent Litigation Tom Glasgow Omni Bridgeway Singapore Asia Pacific, International Arbitration Stuart Grant* Bench Walk Advisors Wilmington, Del. Co-Founder Dean Gresham Certum Group Plano, Texas Affirmative Asset Recovery, Litigation Buyout Lauren Harrison Law Finance Group Houston Investment Counselor, Legal Counsel Oliver Hayes Balance Legal Capital London Deal Origination, Litigation Jeff Healy TRGP Capital Stamford, Conn. Deal Sourcing, Portfolio Selection Fiona Heyes LCM London Underwriting, EMEA Louise Hird Therium Capital Melbourne Competition, Bankruptcy, Litigation Chip Hodgkins Statera Capital Chicago Co-Founder, Financing Garrett Holmes NorthWall Capital Boston Legal Investment, Finance David Icikson Parabellum Capital New York Investor Relations Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Ioannou Fortress Investment Group London Managing Director Tets Ishikawa LionFish London Litigation Finance Sarah Johnson The D.E. Shaw Group New York Litigation, Insolvency Aaron Katz Parabellum Capital New York Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer David Kerstein Arcadia Finance New York Founder, Litigation Finance David Killalea TRGP Capital New York Litigation Finance Mark King Harbour London Litigation Finance Stefan Kirsten KRD Kirsten. Risk & Disputes Düsseldorf Founder, Dispute Resolution & Legal Finance Advice Lina Kolomoitseva LCM Brisbane Litigation Finance, inc. Insolvency, IP Zachary Krug NorthWall Capital London Litigation Finance Christoph Kuzaj Therium Capital Düsseldorf Complex Corporate Litigation Finance Tanya Lansky LionFish London Litigation Finance Travis Lenkner Burford Capital London Litigation Finance, Strategic Direction Joshua Libling Arcadia Finance New York Founder, Risk Analysis Matthew Lo Exton Advisors London Litigation Finance, esp. Law Firm Portfolio Jeffery Lula GLS Capital Chicago Commercial, Arbitration, Portfolio Andy Lundberg* Burford Capital New York Insurance in Litigation Finance Jamison Lynch GLS Capital Chicago Life Sciences, inc. Patent Ellora MacPherson Harbour London Managing Director, CIO Justin Maleson Victory Park Capital Chicago Portfolio Investments William Marra Certum Group New York Litigation Finance, Academic Jeremy Marshall Winward London Founder Kim May CASL Sydney Commercial, Insolvency, Human Rights Timothy Mayer Exton Advisors London International Arbitration, Insolvency, Commercial Kevin McCaffrey Law Finance Group New York Finance Ewen McNee Omni Bridgeway Sydney Single Party, Portfolio, Class Actions Lara Melrose Orchard Global Asset Management London Litigation Finance Joel Merkin GLS Capital Chicago Patent Investment Roger Milburn LCM Singapore Disputes Finance, Asia Yasmin Mohammad Fortress Investment Group Paris Arbitration, Enforcement, Legal Finance Patrick Moloney LCM Sydney Litigation Finance Jonathan Molot Burford Capital Washington, D.C. Co-Founder, Academic Siobhan Moore CASL Sydney Indemnity, Professional Negligence Charlie Morris Woodsford London ESG, Securities, Class Actions Philippa Murphy The Association of Litigation Funders of Australia Sydney Litigation Funding Hassan Murphy TRGP Capital New York Founder Rosie Murray Orchard Global Asset Management London Litigation Finance Jack Naylor Aristata Capital London Impact Litigation Finance Jack Neumark Fortress Investment Group New York Specialty Finance, Legal Assets Angela Ni Parabellum Capital New York Risk Management, Data Strategy Michael Nicolas Longford Capital Chicago Co-Founder Elizabeth O’Connell Burford Capital New York Strategy, Investment Stephen O’Dowd Harbour London Class Action, Competition, Australia Akram Ojjeh Swiss Legal Finance Geneva Switzerland, International Disputes Quentin Pak Burford Capital Singapore Asia Litigation Finance Mohsin Patel Factor Risk Management London Co-Founder, International Arbitration, Insurance Molly Pease Curiam Capital New York Litigation, Portfolio Finance David Perla Burford Capital New York Litigation Finance, Technology W. Tyler Perry Certum Group Austin Litigation Finance Rein Philips Redbreast Litigation Finance The Hague Dutch Claims Rocco Pirozzolo Harbour Underwriting London Underwriting, Insurance Charline Plessis TRGP Capital London Deal Sourcing, Portfolio Selection Ben Preziosi TRGP Capital New York Deal Sourcing, Portfolio Selection Stuart Price CASL Sydney Litigation Finance, inc. Impact Neil Purslow Therium Capital London Co-Founder Kirstine Rogers Certum Group Dallas Litigation Buyout, Judgment Preservation Helene Roins LCM Sydney Litigation Finance, APAC Robert Rothkopf Balance Legal Capital London Founder Michael Rozen TRGP Capital New York Founder Rob Ryan Aristata Capital London Impact Litigation Finance Nick Sage Bench Walk Advisors New York U.S. Litigation Finance Charles ‘Chad’ Schmerler Pretium New York Large Cap, Patent Litigation Finance Grant Schrader Law Finance Group San Francisco Litigation Finance, Underwriting Ryan Schultz Pine Valley Capital Partners Austin Litigation Finance, Origination, Underwriting Moshe Schwartz Parabellum Capital New York Investment Structuring, Pricing Howard Shams Parabellum Capital New York Co-Founder Nicole Silver Ignite Specialty Risk Washington, D.C. Risk Assessment, Underwriting Michelle Silvers Courthouse Capital Sydney Litigation Funding Ajit Singh The Litigation Fund San Francisco Co-Founder Emily Slater Burford Capital New York Litigation Finance, Underwriting Kristen Smith Omni Bridgeway Melbourne Australian Litigation Finance Ben Smyth Therium Capital London Secondary Investment Jaime Sneider Fortress Investment Group New York Litigation Finance Cristina Soler Ramco Litigation Funding Barcelona Litigation Finance, International Arbitration David Spiegel GLS Capital Chicago Founder, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration Ruth Stackpool-Moore Omni Bridgeway Singapore Cross-Border Litigation Finance, Asia Tom Steindler Exton Advisors London Litigation Finance Ryan Stephen Pine Valley Capital Partners Austin Litigation Finance, Origination, Management Byron Sumner Ignite Specialty Risk London Founder, Insurance & Commercial Litigation Susanna Taylor LCM Sydney APAC Litigation Finance Sean Thompson Parabellum Capital New York IP Investment Emily Tillett Burford Capital Hong Kong Insolvency, APAC Raymond van Hulst Omni Bridgeway Geneva Global Litigation Finance Sam Vinson Pine Valley Capital Partners Austin Litigation Finance, Structure, Management John Walker CASL Sydney Impact Litigation Finance Justin Ward LCM Sydney Insolvency Claims Funding Oliver Way Harbour London Cross-Border Litigation, Australia, Brazil, Canada Marcel Wegmüller Nivalion Steinhausen, Switzerland Co-Founder Wieger Wielinga Omni Bridgeway Amsterdam Sovereign Award Enforcement, EMEA, UK Chris Wilkins Therium Capital London Litigation Finance Aviva Will Burford Capital New York Litigation Finance, Equity Chris Williams Bench Walk Advisors London Investment Philip Wimalasena Nivalion Steinhausen, Switzerland General Counsel, Legal, Compliance, Risk Management Katharine Wolanyk Burford Capital Phoenix IP, Patent Litigation Andrew Woltman Statera Capital Chicago Co-Founder Ayse Yazir Bench Walk Advisors London Origination William Zerhouni TRGP Capital Stamford, Conn. Deal Sourcing, Portfolio Selection Ella Zimmermann Swiss Legal Finance Geneva Litigation Finance Eran Zur Fortress Investment Group New York Patent Litigation Funding