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New York, NY, March 25, 2019 — Curiam Capital, a private investment firm that provides financing for high-value litigation, announced that Lauren Bernstein has joined the firm as a Director with a focus on transactional work for the firm’s single-case and portfolio financings. With more than a decade of experience as a finance lawyer, Bernstein […]

As it appeared in Law360 Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2019 Legal Industry Editorial Advisory Board. The purpose of the editorial advisory board is to get feedback on Law360’s coverage and gain insight from experts in the field on how best to shape future coverage. The members of Law360’s 2019 Legal […]

Curiam Capital Managing Director Molly Pease has been included as confirmed faculty for High Performance Counsel’s upcoming #ThinkTank sessions. Molly will be joined by some of the best minds in the legal business industry to participate in the upcoming sessions. The sessions, titled “The State of the Legal Industry – 2019 Quarterly Briefing Series,” will […]

Curiam Capital Managing Director Molly Pease will be speaking at The Knowledge Group’s live webcast, entitled “Transforming Businesses with Litigation Finance: Tips and Strategies Uncovered!” on February 27, 2019. Molly will be joined by a seasoned panel of thought leaders and professionals who will help the audience understand the fundamentals of litigation finance. They will […]

As it appeared on the National Law Journal And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys. By Patricia Kane Phillips Nizer has added Richard Kaye as a partner. He joins from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole where he was chair of the litigation department and served as one of that firm’s managing […]

As it appeared in Litigation Finance Journal New York, NY, December 3, 2018 — Curiam Capital, a private investment firm that provides financing for high-value litigation, announced that Anup Misra has joined the firm as a Director to assist with underwriting financing opportunities related to intellectual property litigation. Misra, an experienced IP-litigator, will also work […]

As it appeared on High Performance Counsel WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU END UP IN THE LEGAL BUSINESS? J. ROSS WALLIN: Before co-founding Curiam, I worked as a litigator in New York for nearly two decades, first at two white shoe firms where I did mostly defense-side work, and later as a partner […]

Alt Credit magazine named Curiam Capital one of the top 12 new credit funds for 2019 in its October 2018 issue. Founders Owen Cyrulnik and Ross Wallin launched the new litigation finance firm, Curiam Capital LLC, in February 2018 with financial backing from Bluecrest founder Michael Platt. Alt Credit commented: “Once a niche sector within […]

As it appeared in Bloomberg Big Law Business By Stephanie Russell-Kraft – Bloomberg Law Burford Capital, the world’s largest litigation finance firm, announced this week that it had raised another $250 million in a span of just 24 hours, the latest sign that litigation funding is still booming. As Bloomberg Law reported in March, Big […]

In portfolio finance transactions, a litigation finance company provides capital to a firm, usually a law firm but sometimes a litigant, in exchange for a negotiated share in whatever proceeds the firm receives from a portfolio of cases. The cases in the portfolio typically are cross-collateralized, which means that the litigation finance company’s return comes […]