(Reuters) – Pretium Companions LLC, an expenditure administration company that specializes in residential, corporate and structured credit, has released a new legal expense team.
New York-centered Pretium has about $26 billion in property below administration, according to the organization. Its new “authorized possibilities team,” announced Monday, will make Pretium one particular of the latest entrants into the authorized finance sector. In November, previous Fortress Expense Team spouse Brandon Baer launched litigation funder Contingency Capital.
The crew will get the job done with companies, legislation companies and others to make investments in “legal and commercial possibilities,” the business mentioned, like complicated industrial disputes, patent and mental house, arbitrations and bankruptcy, among other expenditure target locations. Pretium especially observed that the business is not going to commit in consumer litigation finance.
Matthew Cantor will direct the new strategy. Cantor, beforehand normal counsel for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, joined Pretium final yr as a senior taking care of director focused on individual bankruptcy and distressed assets. Amongst other roles, he was a spouse earlier in his vocation at Kirkland & Ellis and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, in accordance to Pretium’s announcement of his employ in June 2020.
Charles (Chad) Schmerler will provide as head of litigation finance. He was beforehand CEO of litigation finance organization Yorkside Money LLC, which he started immediately after working towards at Norton Rose Fulbright. Schmerler and the relaxation of the Yorkside Money workforce joined Pretium in June, in accordance to the Pretium consultant.
The organization agent said the new crew will originally consist of six committed gurus. The group has practical experience in litigation finance, authorized chance monetization, mental home and forensic accounting and damages analysis, Pretium reported in its announcement.
“As quite a few of modern speediest expanding providers and industries mature, there will be improved need for seasoned and perfectly-resourced companies to assist them in managing their legal risks especially in regions of intellectual property, patents and technological know-how,” Pretium CEO and founder Don Mullen explained in a assertion.
“With the skills of our authorized techniques staff, we are enthusiastic to supply buyers a diversifying financial commitment with eye-catching returns that are minimally correlated to the broader economic cycle,” Mullen claimed.
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