Litigation Capital Management Limited, an alternative asset manager specialising in dispute financing solutions internationally, has announced the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer Mary Gangemi to the Board with immediate effect.
Litigation Capital Management Limited, an alternative asset manager specialising in dispute financing solutions internationally, has announced the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer Mary Gangemi to the Board with immediate effect.
GreenX Metals Ltd, a Perth, Australia-based mining company, said its £737 million arbitration claim against Poland, which alleges that Poland has breached its obligations under the applicable treaties through its actions to block the development of the company’s Jan Karski and Debiensko mines, is proceeding at pace following the company’s submission of its statement of reply in the arbitration. The claim is backed by Litigation Capital Management.
Kat Gieras has joined Litigation Capital Management as Business Development and Communications Manager in Brisbane. Kat was previously with Piper Alderman.
The Full Court of Australia has ruled that litigation funding arrangements should not be considered managed investment schemes. In a judgment dated 16 June 2022, the Full Court of Australia has sided with LCM in its appeal of the decision of the primary judge in Stanwell Corporation Limited v LCM Funding Pty Ltd. As a result, litigation funding arrangements in Australia will no longer be considered managed investment schemes, and litigation funders will be relieved from the burden of a “legislative and regulatory regime characterised by uncertainty, inconvenience and the potential for mischief by class action respondents.”
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