Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners (RGP) hosts the Roundtable discussion: Third Party Funding in litigation.

Dmitry Dyakin, Co-Head of RGP Dispute Resolution practice, acts as a moderator.

The speakers of the event:

• Ilya Rybalkin, a Founding Partner and Co-Head of RGP Dispute Resolution practice;

• representatives of the leading international providers of litigation finance: Burford Capital, Parabellum Capital, and Galactic Litigation Partners;

• a representative of A1 (Alfa Group), leading investment company in Russia, an expert in resolving complex business cases and corporate disputes;

• Mark J. Forte, Partner and Head of the British Virgin Islands office of Conyers Dill & Pearman, the firm advises on offshore laws (Bermuda, BVI, and Cayman Islands).

  
  

Topics to be discussed:

• Litigation funding in Russia and worldwide

• Why it’s worth seeking third party funding event if you have funds (sanity check, claim management, etc.)

• How funders pick up projects for funding? (check list)

• Terms of funding (how much funder and debtor get)

• Risk management including cost control, double loyalty, disclosing information to arbitrators & other issues

• Enforcement

• How to manage lawyers

• Conflicts between funders and debtors

• Case study: collective actions against Finiko project

  
  

The Roundtable takes place online on 2 March 2022 at 5:00-6:30pm (MSK).

To join the webinar, please, confirm your participation and we’ll send you the link to the ZOOM event.

The list of the speakers is preliminary and might be the subject to change.