About the Role
This role involves conducting due diligence on funding opportunities, providing advice on funding matters, managing funded cases, and conducting legal research.
Responsibilities
- Conducting due diligence on prospective funding opportunities
- Analyzing financial and legal issues
- Communicating directly with claimants and their counsel
- Conducting factual investigations
- Assisting Investment Managers in the preparation and negotiation of term sheets
- Providing recommendations on the appropriateness of funding matters
- Preparing and presenting submissions to the Investment Committee
- Meeting and speaking with lawyers/law firms to discuss litigation finance
- Managing funded cases by maintaining client and lawyer communications
- Monitoring case progress and developments
- Conferring on strategic issues
- Considering settlement issues
- Managing litigation fees and expenses
- Conducting general research on legal, strategic, and other issues
- Preparing submissions, articles, blogs, and PowerPoint presentations on litigation finance topics
- Assisting Investment Managers with business development activities
Requirements
- A J.D. and 6 or more years of litigation experience
- Superior academic credentials
- High-level litigation and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong written communication skills
- The ability to manage tight timelines and balance competing priorities
- The ability to be self-motivated, results driven and thorough
Skills
- Litigation
- Analysis
- Interpersonal communication
- Written communication
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Self-motivation
- Results-driven
- Thoroughness
Location
- San Francisco
- New York
- Washington, D.C.
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 6+ years of litigation experience
Education Level
- J.D.
About the Company
- Omni Bridgeway is a publicly listed company on the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) (ASX:OBL) since 2001.
- The company has professionals around the world managing a global investment portfolio of legal assets.
- It has a highly experienced team of 160+ specialists in law, intelligence, and finance with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems.
- Omni Bridgeway works with individual claimants, law firms, corporations, sovereigns, and multilateral institutions.
- The team assesses investments and enforcement opportunities in nearly every region, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the UK and the US.
- The company has funded hundreds of cases to completion, offering disputes financing and judgment enforcement capability and experience that is unsurpassed in the industry.
