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The Big Interview: Joe Durkin of Burford Capital on the Business of Disputes & Litigation Funding in the GCC & India

The Big Interview: Joe Durkin of Burford Capital on the Business of Disputes & Litigation Funding in the GCC & India

By Nick Rowles-Davies Burford Capital, by nearly every metric, is the world’s largest litigation funder by a significant margin, specializing in legal finance, risk management, ...
German Litigation Funding

Germany’s Highest Court Creates Uncertainty on Mass Claim Aggregation: What the Truck Cartel Ruling Means for Funders

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By Patrick Rode The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, "BGH") yesterday delivered a landmark ruling that injects significant new uncertainty into the economics and ...
The American Patchwork: How Six States Redrew the Rules of Litigation Finance in 2025

The American Patchwork: How Six States Redrew the Rules of Litigation Finance in 2025

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By Nick Rowles-Davies In 2025, at least six US states enacted or materially amended statutes regulating third-party litigation funding. Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona and ...
Strategic Withdrawals and the Fragility of Justice: An Analysis of Litigation Funder Exits

Strategic Withdrawals and the Fragility of Justice: An Analysis of Litigation Funder Exits

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By Samuel Arksey Third-party litigation funding (‘TPLF’) is now a multibillion-dollar asset class with a material presence in mass torts, class actions, and complex ...
Stephen Hunt

Stephen Hunt Interview: An Insolvency Veteran on Carving His Own Path and Where Litigation Funders Must Improve

By Nick Rowles-Davies Legal Finance Expert speaks to the practitioners who shaped litigation funding from the inside. When the question came up of who ...

Third-Party Litigation Funding

Third-Party Litigation Funding – Available now on Amazon from Nick Rowles-Davies (via Oxford Press)

Third-Party Litigation Funding is the first comprehensive, one-stop reference text designed to help practitioners navigate the complexities of this fast-growing field.