Litigation Funding - Australia
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
LCM are one of the most responsive firms, enabling litigation funded by LCM to be conducted quickly and efficiently and in the best interests of the clients.
LCM is professional, collaborative and has strong expertise and experience.
They are laser-focused on the commercial considerations relevant to the litigation.
LCM's investment managers are very responsive, work extremely hard and have a wealth of experience.
Notable practitioners
Susanna Taylor is LCM's head of investments for the APAC region. Taylor joined the fund following a 12-year career as a litigator at Norton Rose Fulbright. She both sources and manages investment opportunities for LCM.
Susanna always provides excellent input and is across the issues.
Susanna is an experienced lawyer with a deep understanding of litigation. I consider her a key part of the legal team and greatly value her input and contribution, which goes well beyond the role of litigation funding. She is wonderful to work with and is highly regarded by clients for whom we act and represent in litigation.
Susanna is a good, experienced operator who's not afraid of tough conversations and decisions.
Susanna's strength is her depth of litigation knowledge combined with strategic experience, which informs her decision-making process.
It is a delight working with Susanna. She is responsive, experienced, collaborative and insightful, making a genuine contribution to the conduct of litigation which LCM is funding.
Justin Ward is a Sydney-based portfolio manager who specialises in insolvency-related claims funding.
Justin is a no-nonsense, experienced practitioner who gets close to the detail.
Justin is very responsive and creative.
Justin's strength is his ability to develop creative solutions to make funding proposals work for all parties commercially.
Lina Kolomoitseva is a senior investment manager based in the firm's Brisbane office. She brings over a decade of experience as a litigator to her funding work.
Lina is a brilliant investment manager. She is whip smart and always provides insightful and critical thinking to issues which arise. She regularly thinks outside the box and is very hands on in relation to strategic decision-making. She is super responsive, very organised and a delight to work with.
Lina is genuinely a partner in the proceedings. She is always very keen to be actively involved in the litigation strategy; she is very experienced and has really has good ideas.
Lina has always been extremely available, flexible and pragmatic.
