Litigation Funding - Singapore
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
Omni Bridgeway is one of the largest legal finance providers in the APAC region. Omni's Singapore team is particularly active in underwriting and funding arbitration matters, including supporting enforcement proceedings. The team also funds commercial litigation and insolvency disputes.
Strengths
Omni Bridgeway is the premier litigation funder for South East-Asia given their standing, their process and that they have experienced, tight teams. Omni is the gold standard.
Their team comprises leading individuals with good commercial sense and legal acumen.
Omni Bridgeway has a substantial portfolio of arbitration matters, giving it valuable insight into firms and arbitrators.
Omni Bridgeway has strong teams capable of managing complex and high-value disputes.
They have investment managers who are qualified lawyers who can provide useful insights into strategy and adopt a collaborative approach towards case management.
Work Highlights
Omni Bridgeway funded an investment treaty arbitration versus Switzerland on behalf of Credit Suisse AT1 Bondholders valued at approximately USD500 million.
Notable practitioners
Ruth Stackpool-Moore has a wealth of experience dealing with arbitration, litigation and insolvency claims in the APAC region. She draws on her background as an international dispute resolution lawyer.
Ruth is knowledgeable about the global market, thoughtful in her contributions, and very easy to work with.
Commercial, pragmatic and smart: Ruth is a real pleasure to work with.
Ruth provides extremely sophisticated advice in wide-ranging global matters.
Tom Glasgow is Omni Bridgeway's chief operating officer.
Tom Glasgow is an outstanding operator with the great legal analysis and the ability to be creative to ensure the largest and most complex cases get funding.
Tom is most experienced litigation funder in South East-Asia. He actually understands litigation, he understands insolvency and restructuring, and more importantly he has a good bedside manner.
Adam Silverman is an investment manager who funds a variety of matters including investor state disputes, commercial arbitrations, litigation and insolvency disputes.
Adam is very attentive to detail, able to manage the large cases well and very responsive.
Adam Silverman is an excellent and calm operator.
Adam is collaborative and a pleasure to work with.
Chee Chong Lau focuses on funding and managing arbitration enforcement proceedings.
Chee Chong Lau seems to be quite experienced in the area, particularly regarding cross-border issues.
Chee Chong Lau is a leader in litigation funding in Asia. He is very intelligent and proactive.
