2021 LAWDRAGON GLOBAL 100 LEADERS IN LEGAL FINANCE

Bench Walk Advisors LLC‘s Managing Directors Stuart Grant and Adrian Chopin are ranked in Lawdragon for the fourth consecutive year.

We’re proud to introduce the 2021 Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance.

The 100 professionals recognized in this year’s guide are at the forefront of an industry that is expanding in ever more creative ways to help lawyers finance underdog cases, lengthy appeals, insolvency matters, patent portfolios and even entire litigation department dockets. This year’s honorees include longtime industry veterans from some of the world’s most established funds, as well as upstart financiers with an eye on opportunity and the financial rewards clever wagering can bring.

The evolution of litigation finance was never more apparent than in the research and selection of this year’s guide. As ever, we rely on original research, submissions and vetting from peers and clients. New players are making their presence known as some stalwarts are shifting positions. Bubbling just below the surface are some of the most innovative legal finance thinkers on the planet who are creating new approaches sure to push the market further still.

The guide is 30 percent female and 13 percent inclusive.

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Cindy	Ahn	Longford Capital	Chicago
Maximillian	Amster	Veridis	Tampa
Christine	Azar	Burford Capital	New York
Jonathan	Barnes	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London
Isabelle	Berger	Nivalion	Steinhausen/Zug, Switzerland
Eric	Blinderman	Therium Capital	New York
Christopher	Bogart	Burford Capital	New York
Erik	Bomans	Deminor	Luxembourg
Anastasia	Bondarenko	Vannin Capital	Paris
Clive	Bowman	Omni Bridgeway	Sydney
Simon	Burnett	Balance Legal Capital	London
John	Byrne	Therium Capital	London
Jiamie	Chen	Parabellum Capital	New York
Dai Wai	Chin Feman	Parabellum Capital	New York
Allison	Chock	Omni Bridgeway	Los Angeles
Adrian	Chopin	Bench Walk Advisors	London
Heather	Collins	Omni Bridgeway	Sydney
Owen	Cyrulnik	Curiam Capital	New York
Robin	Davis	Woodsford Litigation Funding	New York
Marla	Decker	Lake Whillans	New York
Christopher	DeLise	Delta Capital Partners	Chicago
Patrick	Dempsey	Therium Capital	New York
Matthew	Denney	Litigation Capital Management	London
David	Desser	Juris Capital	Chicago
Kirstin	Dodge	Nivalion	Steinhausen/Zug, Switzerland
Lee	Drucker	Lake Whillans	New York
Joe	Dunn	Fortress Investment Group	New York
Susan	Dunn	Harbour	London
Timothy	Farrell	Longford Capital	Chicago
William	Farrell	Longford Capital	Chicago
James	Foster	Litigation Capital Management	London
Steven	Friel	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London
David	Gallagher	The D.E. Shaw Group	New York
John	Garda	Longford Capital	Dallas
Oliver	Gayner	Omni Bridgeway	Sydney
Julia	Gewolb	Validity Finance	New York
Adam	Gill	GLS Capital	Chicago
Tom	Glasgow	Omni Bridgeway	Singapore
Stuart	Grant	Bench Walk Advisors	Wilmington, Del.
Chris	Hagale	Lake Whillans	New York
Laina	Hammond	Validity Finance	Houston
Oliver	Hayes	Balance Legal Capital	London
Rosemary	Ioannou	Vannin Capital	London
Sarah	Johnson	The D.E. Shaw Group	New York
Aaron	Katz	Parabellum Capital	New York
Jim	Kearney	Lake Whillans	New York
David	Kerstein	Validity Finance	New York
Mark	King	Harbour	London
Thomas	Kohlmeier	Nivalion	Munich
Elizabeth	Korchin	Therium Capital	New York
Zachary	Krug	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London
Christoph	Kuzaj	Therium Capital	Duesseldorf
John	Lazar	Burford Capital	New York
Alex	Lempiner	Woodsford Litigation Funding	Spring House, Pa.
Cayse	Llorens	LexShares	Boston
Andy	Lundberg	Burford Capital	New York
Jamison	Lynch	GLS Capital	Chicago
Dana	MacGrath	Omni Bridgeway	New York
Ellora	MacPherson	Harbour	London
William	Marra	Validity Finance	New York
Jeremy	Marshall	Omni Bridgeway	London
Timothy	Mayer	Therium Capital	London
Hugh	McLernon	Omni Bridgeway	Perth, Australia
Yasmin	Mohammad	Vannin Capital	Paris
Jonathan	Molot	Burford Capital	Washington, D.C.
Charlie	Morris	Woodsford Litigation Funding	London
Hassan	Murphy	TRGP Capital	New York
Jack	Neumark	Fortress Investment Group	New York
Angela	Ni	Parabellum Capital	New York
Michael	Nicolas	Longford Capital	Chicago
Stephen	O’Dowd	Harbour	London
Emily	O’Neill	Deminor	London
Molly	Pease	Curiam Capital	New York
David	Perla	Burford Capital	New York
Rein	Philips	Redbreast Litigation Finance	The Hague
Neil	Purslow	Therium Capital	London
Robert	Rothkopf	Balance Legal Capital	London
Nick	Rowles-Davies	Litigation Capital Management	London
Andrew	Saker	Omni Bridgeway	New York
Howard	Shams	Parabellum Capital	New York
Emily	Slater	Burford Capital	New York
David	Spiegel	GLS Capital	Chicago
Ruth	Stackpool-Moore	Omni Bridgeway	Singapore
Tom	Steindler	Exton Advisors	London
Tania	Sulan	Omni Bridgeway	Adelaide, Australia
Ralph	Sutton	Validity Finance	New York
Susanna	Taylor	Litigation Capital Management	Sydney
Raymond	Tellini	Delta Capital Partners	Chicago
Sean	Thompson	Parabellum Capital	New York
Marjolein	van den Bosch-Broeren	Omni Bridgeway	Singapore
Raymond	van Hulst	Omni Bridgeway	Geneva
Ross	Wallin	Curiam Capital	New York
Marcel	Wegmüller	Nivalion	Steinhausen/Zug, Switzerland
Boaz	Weinstein	Lake Whillans	New York
Wieger	Wielinga	Omni Bridgeway	Amsterdam
Aviva	Will	Burford Capital	New York
Katharine	Wolanyk	Burford Capital	Chicago
Andrew	Woltman	Statera Capital	Chicago
Allen	Yancy	LexShares	New York
Louis	Young	Augusta Ventures	London