Balance is delighted to join ILFA and to support its mission to ensure that litigation finance is properly understood by key stakeholders. Balance will focus on ILFA's UK and Australian chapters.
International Legal Finance Association adds Balance Legal Capital as new member
Addition strengthens ILFA member base – a testament to the industry’s steady growth
Washington, D.C. – The International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) today announced Balance Legal Capital has formally joined the organization’s growing membership base.
“Balance is delighted to join ILFA and to support its mission to ensure that litigation finance is properly understood by key stakeholders,”said Robert Rothkopf, Managing Partner of Balance Legal Capital. “We look forward to working with Gary Barnett and the ILFA membership.”
This news comes on the heels of the association celebrating its two-year anniversary and ahead of its inaugural International Legal Finance Conference that is set to take place on Monday,October 24th 2022 at the historic Morgan Library in New York City. Since its inception in 2020, ILFA has since grown from six to 18 members, adding four new members in 2022 alone.
About the International Legal Finance Association
ILFA represents the global commercial legal finance community, and its mission is to engage, educate and influence legislative, regulatory and judicial landscapes as the global voice of the commercial legal finance industry. It is the only global association of commercial legal finance companies and is an independent, non-profit trade association promoting the highest standards of operation and service for the commercial legal finance sector. ILFA is incorporated in Washington, DC, and will have chapter representation around the world. For more information, visit www.ilfa.com and find us on Twitter @ILFA_Official and LinkedIn.
About Balance Legal Capital
Balance Legal Capital is an independent litigation funder founded in 2015, with offices in London and Sydney. Balance currently manages over GBP250M and invests in commercial disputes and class actions in the UK, Australia, and other common law jurisdictions (ex. USA), enjoying complete discretion over its investment decisions. Please visit www.balancelegalcapital.com and LinkedIn for further information on Balance’s team and strategy.
This is a modified version of ILFA's October 2022 press release.
Topics covered ASIC and the private credit markets including the recent collapse of First Guardian, Shield and Australian Fiduciaries; what to expect from changes to Australia’s climate disclosure regime; and a discussion unpacking the Australian class action market, including insights on how funders raise and deploy capital and emerging trends in class actions.
The session brought together leading voices in the industry Sarah Johnson from The D.E. Shaw Group, Robert Marven KC, Susan Dunn from Harbour, and Nicholas Marler from Litica, expertly moderated by Elena Rey from Brown Rudnick LLP.
Two wonderful celebrations of Balance’s 10-year anniversary, one in Sydney at the Museum of Contemporary Art and another in London at the Tate Modern.
As part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations, we were lucky enough to spend some time together in Bath.
A landmark YouGov survey commissioned by the Association of Litigation Funders of Australia (AALF) has revealed overwhelming public support for class actions as a vital tool for justice and corporate accountability in Australia.
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Balance is a member of the Association of Litigation Funders of England & Wales. Our membership of the ALF requires us to satisfy on an ongoing basis stringent financial and capital adequacy tests and to comply with the ALF Code of Conduct.
Balance is a founding member of the Association of Litigation Funders of Australia, and a member of ILFA, the International Legal Finance Association.
Balance Legal Capital LLP is authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
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