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Litigation Funding - Australia
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
They really understand litigation and are excellent strategic partners who contribute valuable ideas and personnel. They have patience and aptitude for large scale, complex and long-running cases.
Balance Legal Capital has highly skilled staff who are able to engage well with complex legal issues.
Balance Legal Capital is a good funder to work with. It gives strategic, commercial and legal input into the case and the approach we are taking.
Work Highlights
Balance Legal Capital funded a class action filed in Federal Court of Australia in December 2024 against General Motors Australia and New Zealand on behalf of consumers that purchased certain models of Holden vehicles in Australia between January 2011 and December 2024.
Notable practitioners
Simon Burnett is a partner at Balance Legal Capital and has worked at top law firms such as Freshfields in the UK and Gilbert + Tobin in Australia. He is a prominent figure in the class action space, taking on challenging and innovative cases.
Simon's strategic and macro brain is second to none. He is very helpful in large scale matters.
Simon is the perfect funder. He is smart, efficient and can make a quick, informed decision.
Simon is very strong strategically, a great negotiator and a pleasure to work with.
Kylie Ansbro is a partner at Balance Legal Capital who is also an experienced litigator, with expertise across litigation, arbitration and mediation.
Kylie Ansbro is clear, strategic and commercial.
Kylie is a very competent investment manager.