We are pleased to announce that 4 New Square Chambers’ Nicholas Bacon KC will speak at ThoughtLeaders4 Competition: The Competition Collective Actions Forum 2023 taking place on 6th June 2023.
Nick will join a panel session on Identifying Recent Developments in Litigation Funding and Potential Future Direction. He will be joined by Sam Williams of Economic Insight, Elena Rey of Brown Rudnick LLP and Simon Latham of Augusta Ventures to discuss:
- What should Litigation Funding Agreements look like and how much insurance is enough
- Funding regulatory developments
- When is the appropriate time for carriage risk decisions to be made
- Setting up of SPVs
- Anti-avoidance exemption clause
For nearly 30 years Nicholas Bacon KC has been recognised as one of the best-known leading barristers in his specialised field of costs related and funding litigation. He is regularly instructed by insurers and funders to draft and advise on complex funding structures for use in multi-party litigation and in claims of substantial value, including in excess of £1 billion. He has appeared in practically all of the most important costs funding cases in recent years and continues to be a leading Silk in the field. He dominates this market with a hugely impressive bank of leading cases to his name in all divisions of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Read more about his work here.
