HOME ABOUT GATELEY RESPONSIBLE GATELEY CAREERS INVESTORS CONTACT Search Our companies People Services Who we help How we help Insight Events Press releaseSept. 23, 2021 Gateley launches litigation funding facility Legal and professional services group, Gateley, has signed an agreement to enter into a litigation funding facility to help finance long-term disputes. The facility provides funding for an initial sum of £20 million with room for a further £30 million, valuing the total facility up to £50 million. The portfolio has been arranged with Bench Walk Advisors LLC (a litigation fund headquartered in Delaware) and will start immediately. The agreement will see Gateley become one of only two listed law firms with access to a funding facility. It will create a single finance line between Gateley and Bench Walk, with funding made available at no risk to clients. It offers a lifeline to those claimants who would otherwise have been unable/unwilling to bring cases forward with Gateley and Bench Walk only receiving a share of the payout if a case is successful in effecting a recovery. . Richard Healey, partner and head of Gateley’s dispute resolution group, said: “Our innovative and flexible approach to funding through this facility will result in a single no win, no fee agreement between us and the client. It’s a valuable product that offsets risk to fund litigation cases for clients. “Given that litigation can be lengthy and uncertain, it was important that we select the right funding partner to make this a commercial success. We mounted a careful exercise and assessed a number of funders based on set criteria. Bench Walk more than impressed and we now look forward to working together to meet the needs of our growing client base. “We see numerous examples these days of clients being reluctant to commence litigation for fear of throwing good money after bad and potentially being liable for opponents’ costs if the litigation is not successful. By offering this facility we are in a position to provide a solution to such concerns. We have for some considerable time been keen, where the circumstances are right, to move away from the traditional hourly rate model and to align a successful outcome for our clients, shareholders and our own business.” Adrian Chopin, co-founder and managing director at Bench Walk, commented: “This agreement will enable Gateley to provide its clients with a simple one-stop-shop solution for pursing claims at no cost. Our arrangement with Gateley gives them discretion as to where to deploy capital and allows risk to be spread across Gateley’s book of disputes bringing the cost of the facility down. That cost reduction, in turn, will allow Gateley to support clients’ cases even where traditional funding arrangements might otherwise be too expensive. With our funding, Gateley can strengthen its client relationships, pursue more successful litigation and arbitration, assure smooth cash flow throughout the course of disputes, and free up capital to grow the business.” The news coincides with the appointment of Rebecca Hume as a partner to strengthen Gateley’s London dispute resolution team. Rebecca joins from Kobre & Kim in the Cayman Islands and has over 30 years’ experience of cross border asset recovery cases involving fraud and asset tracing as well as international judgment enforcement. Rebecca has a proven track record of pursuing claims against structures with an offshore presence having spent 12 years working in the Caribbean. She was also admitted to the British Virgin Islands Bar and has significant experience working with co-counsel to pursue claims in The Bahamas and Bermuda. Commenting on her appointment, Rebecca said: “I’m excited to be joining such a forward-thinking business like Gateley, which very much has an advantage over others in the legal and professional services sector because of the culture it has created amongst its people. I’m looking forward to building on the success of the team by developing talent and expanding the contentious insolvency side of the Group." “To have a new litigation funding facility in place is incredible. It will certainly propel Gateley by attracting more work from those who can’t monetise a claim.” Learn more about our litigation funding service Please contact our experts listed below or visit our litigation funding page for more information on the service that we offer. MENTIONED IN THIS UPDATE Richard Healey PARTNER & HEAD OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROUP Gateley Legal Location: London 0207 653 1633 VIEW FULL PROFILE Rebecca Hume PARTNER Gateley Legal Location: London 020 7653 1668 VIEW FULL PROFILE TERMS & COMPLIANCE Accessibility Bribery Act 2010 compliance Cookies Legal & Regulatory Modern Slavery Act 2015 Privacy Statement Sitemap LinkedIn Twitter Link: SOCIAL LinkedIn Twitter Youtube FIND YOUR NEAREST OFFICE ----- BELFAST BELFAST (GATELEY TWEED) BIRMINGHAM BOLTON DUBAI GUILDFORD LEEDS LEICESTER LONDON MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE NOTTINGHAM (GATELEY LEGAL) NOTTINGHAM (GATELEY VINDEN) READING SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES Sign up to insight, news and updates from across the Gateley group of companies. SIGN UP NOW Copyright © Gateley, All Rights Reserved. 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