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Litigation Insurance, ATE Insurance, Adverse Costs Insurance, Own-sides Costs Insurance, DBA Insurance, CFA Insurance, Judgment Preservation Insurance (JPI), Corporate Portfolio Litigation Insurance, Litigation Buy Out (Litigation Containment) Insurance. .
Emily Thomas is a director of TheJudge Group, with over a decade of specialist experience in litigation, insurance and funding. An English-qualified solicitor, Emily offers a distinctive and strategic perspective to litigation risk management, shaped by her background in private practice, insurance underwriting and litigation fund portfolio management.
Since joining TheJudge in 2017, Emily has advised leading law firms, litigation funders, insolvency practitioners and corporates on tailored risk-transfer solutions for high-stakes litigation and arbitration. She is particularly experienced in designing multi-layered insurance programmes and structuring policies for to manage contingent risks and enhance financial certainty in contentious matters.
Emily’s expertise spans a broad spectrum of litigation insurance products, including after-the-event (ATE) insurance, portfolio and capital protection cover, insurance for cross-undertakings in damages and innovative uses of litigation insurance to support Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs). She regularly works with firms to help de-risk fee arrangements, preserve investment capital and navigate the challenges of litigation finance with greater certainty.
Widely recognised for her technical expertise and strategic foresight, Emily was instrumental in brokering a series of rarely used cross-undertaking in damages insurance placements and a substantial number of capital protection policies supporting litigation funders and investors.
She is a regular contributor to legal publications and a recognised authority on the evolving role of insurance in litigation finance.
Provided by Chambers
Emily Thomas leads TheJudge’s Manchester office, specialising in ATE insurance and litigation funding. Thomas is a qualified solicitor and has extensive experience in insurance, funding, and disputes including professional negligence, contracts and insolvency.
Provided by Chambers
Emily Thomas is a genuine expert. Her calm and clear manner gives me absolute confidence that if there's a deal to be done, she will deliver it.
Emily is a solicitor, so she is able to give an analytical view as well as looking at matters commercially and looking at the viability of risk appetite.
Emily Thomas is diligent, responsive and well on top of the complexities associated with this field.
Emily Thomas is a genuine expert. Her calm and clear manner gives me absolute confidence that if there's a deal to be done, she will deliver it.
Emily is a solicitor, so she is able to give an analytical view as well as looking at matters commercially and looking at the viability of risk appetite.
Emily Thomas is diligent, responsive and well on top of the complexities associated with this field.