The International Law Society 

presents

Third Party Funding in Arbitration and Dispute Financing

Featuring: Mr. Narghis Torres and Mr. Ashley C. Keller

TUESDAY, February 14

Room B | Medici Pizza Provided

Champerty and maintenance are doctrines in common law jurisdictions that aim to preclude "frivolous" litigation. These doctrines prevent disinterested parties from financing law suits. In the wake of 2008 economic crisis, these doctrines have become vestigial. Certain jurisdictions, such as Singapore, have amended their laws to allow third party funding in international arbitration.

Please join ILS as we discuss the merits of these doctrines from a Law & Economics perspective, learn about the key differences between litigation financing and arbitration financing in common law and civil law countries, how investment in disputes is done and other related issues.

Featuring:

Mr. Narghis Torres (LL.M. ‘97) Founder, Lex Finance.  Mr. Torres, a Fulbright Scholar, is a lawyer with over twenty years of experience specialized in asset management, corporate finance and M&A.  He manages the LexFinance Arbitration Financing Fund, the first investment fund focused in financing arbitration costs in Iberoamerica.

Mr. Ashley C. Keller ('07).  Mr. Keller is a Managing Director of Burford Capital, a leading global finance firm focused on law.  Mr. Keller graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, followed by an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 2007, where he graduated first in his class.  He was a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the Supreme Court of the United States.

The International Law Society is thankful to Lex Finance and Burford Capital for their generous support in hosting this talk.

Note: This event is free and open to the public, but seating may be limited.