Chambers Ranks Longford Capital Among Top Litigation Finance Firms for Seventh Consecutive Year
Four Longford team members ranked among best individual practitioners
CHICAGO, June 25, 2024 - For the seventh year in a row, Longford Capital was ranked among the top litigation finance firms by Chambers and Partners in its annual Chambers Litigation Support Guide. Chambers also recognized Longford Co-founder and Managing Director Michael Nicolas; Directors Russell Genet and Cindy Ahn; and Vice President Andrew Stulce among the best individual practitioners.
To develop its rankings, Chambers uses a rigorous framework that includes quantitative inputs including a firm’s total capital, fund structure, leading investors, quality of management and track record, coupled with client commentary and qualitative peer feedback.
“We’re honored to once again receive this coveted recognition, which is a reflection of our team’s hard work and dedication to creating a level playing field in the courtroom,” said Nicolas. “We are committed to supporting a diverse array of claim owners across the litigation spectrum, and to ensuring that plaintiffs have the resources to pursue meritorious claims.”
Nicolas, also ranked by Chambers for seven straight years, is both a practitioner and thought leader in litigation finance. He not only handles all aspects of portfolio management, but also speaks regularly at conferences and authors articles on the industry. He was formerly a litigator and partner in Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg’s commercial litigation group, where he represented companies in complex commercial disputes.
An accomplished attorney with nearly 20 years of experience, Genet is responsible for investment sourcing, underwriting, and monitoring investments. He focuses on intellectual property actions, such as inter partes reviews; patent, trademark and copyright infringement; and theft of trade secrets. He was previously a partner at Nixon Peabody, where he led the firm’s IP Litigation Practice Group, representing corporate clients defending and monetizing intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries.
As a former IP attorney at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, Ahn has assisted companies in the licensing, sale, and enforcement of intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, bio-similars, electronics, computers, software, telecommunications, medical devices, and many others. She previously served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Third Wave Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded molecular diagnostics company, and has significant experience litigating complex intellectual property matters in federal courts throughout the U.S.
Stulce is responsible for investment sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring of portfolio investments. He has significant experience litigating complex antitrust and insurance recovery cases and has represented corporate clients in a range of commercial litigation matters, including fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty matters.
Longford manages a diverse portfolio of claims, including business-to-business contract claims and other commercial claims, antitrust and trade regulation claims, fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, domestic and international arbitration, claims in bankruptcy and liquidation, and intellectual property claims (including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret), among others.
About Longford Capital
Longford Capital is a private investment company that provides capital to leading law firms, public and private companies, universities, government agencies, and other entities involved in large-scale, commercial legal disputes. Longford was one of the first litigation funds in the United States and is among the world’s largest litigation finance companies with more than $1.2 billion in assets under management. Longford offers a broad range of capital solutions to funds attorneys' fees and expenses and otherwise manage the financial risk of pursuing meritorious legal claims in return for a share of a favorable settlement or award. The firm manages a diversified portfolio and considers investments in subject matter areas where it has developed considerable expertise, including, business-to-business contract claims, antitrust and trade regulation claims, intellectual property claims (including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret), fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, claims in bankruptcy and liquidation, domestic and international arbitrations, claim monetization, insurance matters, mass actions and class actions, and a variety of others.