Chambers Review
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Litigation Finance Deal Counsel - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius advises both funders and funded parties in a wide variety of litigation finance and insurance deals. In addition to traditional litigation funding transactions, the team negotiates insurance-wrapped transactions and insurance policies. Morgan Lewis also advises on non-lawyer law firm investments and fund formation matters.
Strengths
From associate to partner, the Morgan Lewis team is cohesive and knowledgeable. 24/7, 365 days of the year; they are always there.
The firm is incredibly responsive, diligent, thoughtful and creative. It is a one-stop shop for insurance backed financing. The team can handle both the insurance and financing sides of the house.
Their responsiveness, strategic thinking and ability to craft practical solutions allows us to remain nimble and effectively serve our clients. They give us a real competitive advantage.
Thomas Mellor and his team are distinguished by their lengthy experience, dedication to clients and their creativity in solving problems.
Notable practitioners
Thomas Mellor is a finance partner in the New York office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. His global practice encompasses work for both litigation funders and funded parties, including fund formation and insurance-backed transactions.
Thomas Mellor is one of the best, if not the best, transactional attorney in the litigation finance space.
Thomas Mellor is incredibly thorough, very detail-oriented and has a lot of experience in litigation finance transactions and risk insurance transactions.
Thomas Mellor surpasses every other person I have worked with in this area in terms of creativity, sophistication and client service.