Pure-play private funders Stuart Grant of Bench Walk Advisors. Bench Walk Advisors Bench Walk Advisors was cofounded in 2018 by
Stuart Grant, a former lawyer at Skadden who also cofounded Grant & Eisenhofer, a top firm for shareholders litigation. Grant said in an interview with Reuters that he shifted focus to litigation finance after a few adverse court rulings because I don t like losing. His litigation-funding shop claimed a 93% win rate as of the end of last year. It says it s invested more than $300 million. Brandon Baer of Contingency Capital. Contingency Capital Contingency Capital was launched in November by
Brandon Baer, an experienced lender who co-led the legal-assets group at Fortress. While the firm is still new and not much about its activities are known, it s minority-owned by TF
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Signage is seen outside of the law firm Mayer Brown LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Jon Van Gorp, a corporate partner at Mayer Brown who has led its banking and finance, capital markets and structured finances practices, will take over as firm chair on June 1.
Van Gorp succeeds Paul Theiss, who presided over a 74% boost in profits per equity partner at the Chicago-based firm since taking the helm in 2012, Mayer Brown said Tuesday. In 2020 alone, the firm saw partner profits jump 11% and revenue increase to $1.5 billion.
The first four months of 2021 have been the best four months in the firm s financial history, Van Gorp said.
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Are you ready for a real-live holiday on Monday? With millions more Americans vaccinated since the last holiday, and the end-of-May weather, it’s a safe bet people have changed and won’t spend the weekend working like they did during 2020’s Memorial Day. The market for initial public offerings (IPOs), including lenders and vendors, has also changed and has slowed. What has also changed, but hasn’t slowed, is the price of air travel: Domestic fares at U.S. airlines are up 9 percent since April 1, with international fares up 17 percent as demand has increased as Americans are being vaccinated. While business travel is believed to be rather slow in rebounding, Southwest Airlines is reporting that leisure travel fares are returning to 2019 levels. Speaking of which, today’s audio version of the commentary is available here, this week’s is sponso