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Overview & History
Founded in 1990, Deminor is a leading privately-owned and international litigation funder with offices in Brussels, London, Hamburg, New York, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm and Luxembourg. Deminor’s name, derived from the French ‘défense des minoritaires’, reflects its origins in providing services to minority shareholders. Deminor is still very much defined by the pursuit of good causes and its determination to restore justice for clients.
Combining skill sets from 19 different nationalities and 22 languages, Deminor has funded cases in 21 jurisdictions including the Americas, the Middle East and offshore centres such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. With specialists in arbitration, intellectual property, competition, corporate & post-M&A, investments, enforcement, and tax litigation, Deminor has achieved positive recoveries for clients in more than 80% of the cases it has funded, against an industry average of 70%.
Funding Structures:
Deminor’s flexible funding model offers finance for:
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Deminor invests in group actions, cartel cases and breach of competition laws, and general commercial litigation. It is particularly strong in continental Europe but has also funded cases in the UK, the USA and Asia-Pacific.
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Deminor is extremely competent and extremely knowledgeable. The team has impressive knowledge of other jurisdictions, and it is able to help us dig deeper in areas that could be challenging.
Deminor is thorough in its analysis and thoughtful and prudent in its approach. It also has a strong bench across major jurisdictions.
Deminor's team is multi-jurisdictional and perfectly combines legal knowledge and business approach.
Deminor is extremely competent and extremely knowledgeable. The team has impressive knowledge of other jurisdictions, and it is able to help us dig deeper in areas that could be challenging.
Deminor is thorough in its analysis and thoughtful and prudent in its approach. It also has a strong bench across major jurisdictions.
Deminor's team is multi-jurisdictional and perfectly combines legal knowledge and business approach.
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Charles Demoulin is chief investment officer and executive director in charge of the private antitrust litigation department at Deminor. He is well regarded for his extensive experience in litigation.
Charles is a bright, affable, and experienced leader in the European litigation finance industry. He is also fluent in multiple European languages and a great storyteller.
Charles combines a strong legal background with an effective customer-client approach.
Charles manages to explain and translate very complex matters in a language accessible for all.
Charles is very focused and into the details of the case.
Erik Bomans is the CEO of Deminor. Bomans is acclaimed for his leadership skills, commercially-oriented approach and legal expertise.
Erik has an excellent legal and financial background, and very strong leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
Erik is very dedicated and understands complex and difficult issues fast. He always has a good understanding of the business case.
Erik is a true CEO. He is always negotiating and looking for business opportunities. He is a good negotiator, and is able to be modest at the same time.
Erik has strong entrepreneurial skills and a clear vision on the future evolution of the litigation funding market.
