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December 3, 2018
Anup Misra Joins Curiam Capital as Director with Focus on Intellectual Property-Related Litigation Finance
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...
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November 29, 2018
Follow the Money: High Performance Counsel Interviews The Leadership Team of Curiam Capital LLC
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...
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November 21, 2018
Curiam Named in Alt Credit’s 12 for 2019
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...
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October 19, 2018
Need Litigation Finance? Don’t Skip These 5 Steps
As it appeared in Law360 By Molly Pease Litigation finance has garnered increased acceptance in the business world and many companies find themselves applying for financing for the first time. The process is not difficult, but few do it right. How can you best position your company to get approval for litigation financing? And how...
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October 4, 2018
Burford Raises $250 M in 24 Hours, Litigation Funding Rolls On
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...
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July 16, 2018
Portfolio Finance as a Tool for Law Firm Business Development
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...
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June 5, 2018
5 Myths About Litigation Finance
As it appeared in Above the Law Litigation finance is becoming more well-known and understood, but misconceptions still abound. By DAVID LAT If you’re not familiar with how litigation finance works, you should fix that — fast. Litigation finance is growing dramatically in popularity and importance, and both litigators and transactional attorneys need to understand...
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May 17, 2018
Curiam Statement on Litigation Funding Developments
In the last ten days, there have been two developments concerning the disclosure of litigation finance agreements. On May 7, federal Judge Dan Polster issued an order in the opioids multidistrict litigation in Ohio that required limited disclosure of litigation finance agreements. Although the order was hailed in some circles as big news, the litigation...
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May 6, 2018
How Litigation Finance Can Increase Rack Rate Realization for Law Firms
As is appeared in the Litigation Finance Journal A recent Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting survey shed light on a reality many are all too aware of: The business of Law is a tough business. “Demand has been flat for nearly a decade as alternative service providers crowd the market and more corporate legal departments bring...
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May 4, 2018
Litigation Finance as a Tool to Increase Law Firm Rate Realization
As it appeared on the New York Law Journal Litigation finance can offer a middle path for law firms to recover 50-75 percent of their rack rates on an ongoing basis, while retaining upside in the form of a success fee that often pushes realizations to 125 percent or more of rack rates. By Ross...
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