Bench Walk Advisor’s UK Team for wins Acquisition International Magazine‘s ‘Most Innovative Legal Capital Solutions Provider’ award.

Stuart Grant, co-founder of Bench Walk, is one of the foremost attorneys in the US and has more than 30 years of corporate governance and securities litigation experience. He notably handled six of the seven largest settlements in the history of the Delaware Court of Chancery and has managed and invested his own capital to recover billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for his clients. Adrian Chopin, co-founder and managing director of Bench Walk’s London office, holds a background in structured finance and regulatory capital transactions at top banks as well as a First Class Degree in Law and is one of the leading figures in litigation funding globally.

Bench Walk offers funding across a full spectrum of cases and product types. Successful cases the firm has funded include a $2 billion breach of contract claim against a large tech company in the U.S., a £2 billion group action claim with leading law firm Hausfeld in the UK and a number of group action claims against global car manufacturers.

Bench Walk has an impressive client roster of corporates, financial institutions and professional services firms across the globe. Bench Walk is able to fund major claims or books of claims, and the firm’s structural flexibility allows it to commit finance at any stage of a piece of litigation or arbitration. But, unlike traditional litigation finance firms, Bench Walk goes beyond funding single cases and prides itself on its ability to deliver innovative, bespoke portfolio and other financing solutions that meet each client’s specific needs. By way of example, Bench Walk recently proposed a solution for a major global financial institution to allow that institution to derisk a large portion of its legal budget, for both contentious and non-contentious work on an entirely non-recourse basis.

Also, unlike some other legal finance providers, Bench Walk operates on a streamlined basis that allows clients to work directly with a single point of contact who reports directly to a decision maker. The team itself is structured to respond rapidly to clients’ needs and prioritizes flexibility, knowing that no two cases or clients are the same.

Bench Walk’s team has worked tirelessly to ensure the productivity of its clientele throughout the pandemic. The legal industry experienced a plethora of challenges over the course of 2020 that have continued into 2021, including the uncertain nature of litigation, increasing overheads and financial distress. As a result, law firms, claimants and brokers turned to Bench Walk Advisors as they began to embrace alternate modes of funding that would improve their
balance sheets, reduce risk, enhance their P&L and free up their working capital.

Adrian Chopin, co-founder and managing director of Bench Walk’s London Office Throughout the pandemic, the firm has received an uptick of interest as litigants who might previously have self funded turned to litigation finance to monetize claim values and/or cut legal expenses. Traditional corporate law firms, who have acted only on an hourly basis, are collaborating with Bench Walk to create synthetic contingent fee arrangements. Corporations have also approached the company directly as a risk management tool. In the UK, Bench Walk observed a shift in the market as a host of class action claims led to a rise in demand, and the U.S. team has taken on a myriad of portfolio cases as law firms compete with the contingent fee bar.

The financing structures that Bench Walk provides have become essential to corporations and firms serviced by every aspect of the company’s operations, and by extension the legal industry as a whole. The reliance on Bench Walk’s products will certainly continue well into 2021 and post-pandemic times.

Bench Walk Advisors is a premier legal finance firm created and run by a team of world-renowned litigators
and experienced finance and insurance professionals. With a track record of funding successful cases that
is unrivaled in the industry, the company has committed more than $300 million across over 100 commercial
cases and portfolios since its global launch in 2017.

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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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