News and Press
- June 3, 2009
Investing in Lawsuits, for a Share of the Awards, New York Times -
New York Times legal feature reporter Jonathan Glater sits down with Richard Fields, chief executive of Juridica Capital Management, to discuss investing in complex commercial litigation - in both good and bad economic times. "It's always a good time to invest in litigation." Mr. Fields said. "When the recession started to bite, the phones started ringing off the hook. last year, we looked at 122 cases and we made 17 investments."
- May 4, 2009
Cashing in on Litigation, Fortune -
Richard Fields, CEO of Juridica Capital Management, believes the value of litigation as an investment relates directly to consistent performance. Litigation also has impact on litigation outcome. "Once people get to know us, if they see us backing a case, they'll want to settle," Fields says. "This isn't so much investing science as it is behavioral science."
- January 25, 2009
Rich pickings from legal cases, Financial Times -
Financial Times' Sophia Grene talks to Richard Fields of Juridica Capital Management about the growing business of third-party litigation funding. "The US litigation market is currently about $33B, but just about $4B is invested in it." Says Fields.
- January 30, 2009
Litigation is the new strategy, Euromoney -
Richard Fields, CEO of Juridica Capital Management, explains to EuroMoney reporter Helen Avery how an independent due diligence report is essential when investing in litigation. "We make background checks on the firms to ensure we are not going to suffer reputational risk, and we look for the interests of the lawyers to be aligned with those of the companies." Typically, cases end up settling," says Fields
- January 25, 2009
Litigation Funder Juridica Seeks to Cash in on Litigation Market, Securities Docket -
Securities Docket recaps the Financial Times article, "Rich pickings from legal cases" - highlighting Juridica Capital Management's strategic role in the emerging market of litigation funding.
- January 23, 2009
Hedge Fund Hell: These Funds Sue You, TheStreet.com -
"Lawsuits are relatively uncorrelated to everything else that's going on - it's unrelated to equities and derivatives and bonds," Juridica Capital Management CEO Richard Fields says about the growing market for litigation investment. "You don't want to profit at the misfortune of everybody else, but we've seen a serious increase in interest in light of the economy."
- January 19, 2009
Juridica hails arrival of new asset class, Pensions News -
Richard Fields, CEO of Juridica Capital Management, tells Pension News he believes that litigation is a unique asset class. "The aim of Juridica from an investment perspective is to create a diversified portfolio of investments in claims."
- January 20, 2009
Money to be made in lawsuits linked to meltdown, Times Online -
In this recession, litigation funding is a growing asset class in the U.S., according to Richard Fields, Juridica Capital Management CEO, interviewed by Times reporter Carol Lewis. "I think we are going to see a lot of litigation activity related to the financial meltdown generally, not just aimed at hedge funds but other types of asset management, banks and insurance."
- January 6, 2009
A New, Noncorrelated Asset Class Emerging? Fierce Finance -
Investing in litigation has tremendous potential for outsized returns. In the wake of the financial crisis, Fierce Finance shines a spotlight on Juridica Capital Management - a firm that's grabbing the bull by the horns as this new asset class emerges.
- January 1, 2009
Contingency Fans, CFO Magazine -
"We see litigation as another type of asset sitting on a company's books," says Richard Fields, CEO and co-founder of Juridica Capital Management. Juridica provides "a way for companies to leverage and hedge their litigation risk and finance their own legal fees."
- December 8, 2008
Investing in Lawsuits - A New Asset Class? Wealth Briefing -
Lord Daniel Brennan QC, chairman of Juridica Investments Limited, talks about the Firm's investments in the U.S. and UK, including antitrust, and one case involving complex statutory claims against a financial institution. "The latest investment represents a significant opportunity for Juridica," said Lord Brennan. "Not only does it introduce the company to a significant portfolio of antitrust litigation, it also gives Juridica access to a pipeline of future cases that are expected to provide very strong investment opportunities."
- December 2008
Juridica Investments, Hedge Fund Blogger -
Hedge Fund Blogger journalist Richard Wilson profiles Juridica Capital Management and CEO Richard Fields. Litigation finance is gaining notoriety within the hedge fund industry.
- July 4, 2008
Small Caps Round-Up, City A.M. -
City A.M reports on Juridica's investment activity during the second quarter of 2008 in the publication's "Small caps round-up" daily news briefing.
- March 20, 2008
External funding booms as litigators plot upturn, Legal Week -
Legal Week reports that eight of London's top law firms are using or assessing external funding for litigation and arbitration cases. Listed as one of the up-and-coming businesses in this market, Juridica Capital Investments publicly listed for £78.4M in 2007.
- January 14, 2008
Juridica attracts investment as the first specialist litigation fund to float in UK, The Lawyer -
Profiled as the first specialist litigation fund to succeed in the UK, Juridica Capital Investment and CEO Richard Fields attribute their good fortune to effective management and client confidentiality. "Disclosure is a complex question for us, also because of attorney-client privilege. We'll disclose the sectors and subject matter we're investing in as well as the generic major events in the life of a case we're funding. But we won't be identifying parties' names or the relevant court."