The Law and Business of Litigation Finance

Steven Friel is CEO of Woodsford Litigation Funding. He has repeatedly been ranked by independent directories as a leader in the field. Before joining Woodsford, Steven was a partner in the London office of Brown Rudnick. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Steven was a partner in the London office of DAC Beachcroft, and practiced from the London and New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Steven Friel, Chief Executive Officer, Woodsford Chapter 2: A brief history of third-party litigation funding in the UK, US and elsewhere in the common law - David Capper, Queen's University Belfast; Anthony Sebok, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York Chapter 3: Regulation and legislation A: England - Jonathan Barnes, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Woodsford, London B: The United States - David Siffert, New York University School of Law - Center on Civil Justice; Eric Schuller, The Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding C: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and global - Jonathan Barnes, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Woodsford, London Chapter 4: Third-party litigation financing and lawyers' ethical obligations - Lucy Pert, Hausfeld, London; Anthony Sebok, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York Chapter 5: Privilege and confidentiality - Simon Walsh, Cadwalder, Wickersham & Taft; Zachary Krug, Woodsford, London Chapter 6: The litigation funding agreement - Alex Lempiner, Woodsford, Philadelphia; Jonathan Barnes, Woodsford, London Chapter 7: Adverse costs and security for costs - Steven Friel, Chief Executive Officer, Woodsford Chapter 8: Other methods of financing litigation A: State funding - Ravi Nayer, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP; Razzaq Ahmed, Associate, Brown Rudnick LLP B: Pro bono, philanthropic, charitable and 'revenge' funding - Ravi Nayer, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP; Razzaq Ahmed, Associate, Brown Rudnick LLP C: Insurance - Christian Toms, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP D: Contingency and confidential fee arrangements - Ben Summerfield, Partner, Reed Smith LLP; Emma Shafton, Associate, Reed Smith LLP Chapter 9: Types of litigation and arbitration that attract and are attractive to litigation finance A: Patent litigation - Robin M. Davis, Esq., Senior Investment Officer, Woodsford, Philadelphia B: Insolvency - Christian Toms, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP C: Treaty arbitration - Neill Shrimpron, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP; Imogen Winfield, Associate, Brown Rudnick LLP D: Class actions - Charlie Morris, Chief Investment Officer, Woodsford; Andrew Hill, Partner, Fox Williams; Anisha Patel, Associate, Fox Williams Chapter 10: The users of litigation finance - who, where, when and why? - Philippa Beasley, Associate, Reed Smith LLP; Ben Summerfield, Partner, Reed Smith LLP Chapter 11: The investors in litigation finance - Mark Spiteri, Commercial and Finance Director, Woodsford London Chapter 12: High risk, high return - Alex Hickson, Woodsford London Chapter 13: Tax - Jared Wade, Partner, Vault Group LLP; Walter Mansfield, Partner, Vault Group LLP; David Tran, Tax Director, BDO UK LLP; John Middlemass, Tax Manager, BDO UK LLP