Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 2

Litigation Funding

Europe-wide

3 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Litigation Funding

UK-wide

5 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Ayse Yazir ACII

Litigation Support

Career

Ayse is Managing Director in Bench Walk's London office.

Ayse Yazır has an outstanding reputation in the litigation funding industry, where she originates, underwrites, and monitors funding in various litigation sectors including international and commercial arbitration, insolvency, class actions and global litigation matters as well as law firm and corporate portfolio arrangements and defense funding.

Ayse, who is also a qualified Chartered Insurer and now has a total of fourteen years’ experience of working in litigation funding industry.

Ayse has been instrumental in drafting rules on third-party funding for both UNCITRAL and ICSID and is currently working at CIArb’s TPF drafting committee.

Professional Memberships

ACII

Disputes Europe & Latin-America

Ambassador to Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (“REAL”)

The UNCITRAL Working Group III Delegate

ArbitralWomen

Energy Disputes Arbitration Centre Arbitrator

The Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG)

The Society of Construction Law, Events Committee

Publications

Co-author, ‘Access to International Arbitration and Third-Party Funding in Kosovo’, (This article is jointly presented with Michelman & Robinson LLP), 12 August 2021

Co-author, ‘Investor Protection in Europe: What does the future hold?’, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 7 July 2021.

Author, ‘When is litigation funding the right choice for in- house counsel?’, Lexis®PSL, 18 December 2020

Co-author ‘Summaries Of Arbitration-Related Decisions From The English Courts In 2019’, 18 December 2020

Chambers Review

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Professional Advisers: Litigation Support

Litigation Funding - UK-wide

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Band 2
Individual Editorial

Ayse Yazir is a managing director of Bench Walk, based in the firm's London office. Her work includes arbitration, class actions and insolvency matters, in addition to law firm portfolio arrangements.


Litigation Funding - Europe-wide

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Ayse Yazir is a managing director at Bench Walk and is based in London. She is responsible for originating and underwriting funding opportunities.

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