Former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Dispute Lawyer Joins Erso
Erso• May 9th, 2022
The team at Erso are delighted to announce the arrival of Sarah Breckenridge to our team. Sarah joins as an Investment Manager in Erso’s UK team. Prior to joining Erso, Sarah worked as a corporate/commercial litigator at Bryan Cave … Continued
RENEWAL OF DIAC RULES INCLUDE UPDATES ON THIRD PARTY FUNDING AND COSTS RECOVERY
Erso• April 29th, 2022
On the 2nd of March 2022, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) published the DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 (“the 2022 Rules”). The Rules follow the re-launch of DIAC by Decree No. 34 of Year 2021, which abolished existing arbitration centres … Continued
Erso Launches sub-funding facility for smaller value commercial disputes
Erso• March 24th, 2022
While we regularly invest in largescale litigation matters, at Erso we’ve always recognised the lack of available capital in the litigation funding market to support commercial disputes that require relatively small funding commitments (e.g., those requiring between £100k – £500k, … Continued
High Court upholds award of costs for third party funding
Erso• January 18th, 2022
In Tenke Fungurume Mining SA v. Katanga Contracting Services[i], a recent High Court decision reinforces the reluctance of the English courts to intervene in arbitration appeals and confirms the approach taken by the court in Essar[ii] in which a section … Continued
New joiner- Erso hires former Amtrust senior underwriter
Erso• September 7th, 2021
We’re delighted to announce that Bob Knock has joined Erso as one of our Investment Counsel team. Bob has a longstanding career in assessing legal risks on behalf of several specialist litigation insurers as well as cost budgeting from his … Continued
District of New Jersey Adopts Rule Requiring Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding
Erso• July 20th, 2021
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently amended its local rules to require disclosures about third-party litigation funding in cases before the Court. On June 22, 2021, the Court adopted Local Civil Rule 7.1.1, which … Continued
Erso launches to positive global media coverage
Erso• March 3rd, 2021
As reported in Bloomberg News, TheLawyer, Thompson Reuters, Law360 and many others. We are delighted to announce that specialist, tier 1 Chambers & Partners ranked, litigation insurance broker TheJudge Group has been acquired by the Thomas Miller Group, an … Continued
Erso Capital – when diverse appetite and substantial capital combines
Erso• February 1st, 2021
As founders of Erso, we have a fair amount of experience in the litigation finance market. For over 15 years, through our affiliate business, TheJudge Group, we have negotiated and structured litigation funding and insurance deals between clients, law firms … Continued
Accelerate: The commercial ATE product the market has waited for
TheJudge• July 24th, 2020
After a detailed review of the market position for ATE insurance applications for commercial cases requiring adverse costs and own disbursement cover of up to £250,000, TheJudge have concluded that these proposals are best served by a process that involves … Continued