Michael A. Nicolas
Litigation Support Guide 2024
Band 2 : Litigation Funding
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About
Provided by Michael A. Nicolas
Practice Areas
Michael serves on Longford Capital’s Investment Committee and is responsible for portfolio management, underwriting, investment selection, and overseeing the efforts of independent attorneys and other professionals as part of the due diligence process. He considers investments in subject matter areas where the firm has developed considerable expertise, including commercial disputes, antitrust and trade regulation claims, and intellectual property actions.
Career
Before co-founding Longford Capital in 2011, Michael was an accomplished attorney with 15 years of experience representing corporate clients involved in complex litigation, including trial experience, in the commercial litigation department at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg and at Drinker, Biddle & Reath. Chambers and Lawdragon have ranked Michael among the top litigation funders annually since 2018. Michael was included in the IAM Strategy 300, a list of individuals with an established record of world-class intellectual property value creation programs, in six of the last seven years.
Personal
About Longford, Michael said, “I am most proud of the business we've built, the team we've assembled, and the reputation we've earned. I feel grateful and fulfilled every day to be using the skills that I acquired over many years of practicing law to assist clients and law firms achieve the best possible outcomes.”
Chambers Review
Litigation Support
Michael Nicolas is a co-founder and a managing director at Longford Capital. He oversees the investment selection and underwriting processes at the firm.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael is an extremely reliable and trustworthy partner. He brings very important skills, complete understanding, and the ability to analyse matters and relate them to litigation funding."
"Michael is such a pleasure to work with. He is extremely thorough, highly diligent and a smart investor."
"Mike is excellent. He really understands international arbitration and is a consummate professional."
"Michael is an extremely reliable and trustworthy partner. He brings very important skills, complete understanding, and the ability to analyse matters and relate them to litigation funding."
"Michael is such a pleasure to work with. He is extremely thorough, highly diligent and a smart investor."
"Mike is excellent. He really understands international arbitration and is a consummate professional."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by Longford Capital Management
Longford Capital Teams up with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to Offer Litigation Funding
Longford Capital entered into a $50 million funding agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher to fund attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and to monetize the value of meritorious legal claims for Willkie’s clients involved in commercial litigation cases handled by Willkie's Chicago office.
Longford Capital Raises $682 Million for New Investment Fund
Longford Capital Management announced the final closing of its most recent fund at $682 million. Longford’s assets under management now exceed $1.2 billion, placing it among the largest private equity firms focused on investments in legal assets.
Longford Capital Funds Patent Enforcement Campaign for University of California, Santa Barbara
Longford Capital, one of the largest providers of litigation finance in the world, is proud to announce that it is funding a patent enforcement campaign for University of California, Santa Barbara related to UC Santa Barbara’s groundbreaking filament LED technology.
Longford Capital Teams up with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to Offer Litigation Funding
Longford Capital entered into a $50 million funding agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher to fund attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and to monetize the value of meritorious legal claims for Willkie’s clients involved in commercial litigation cases handled by Willkie's Chicago office.
Longford Capital Raises $682 Million for New Investment Fund
Longford Capital Management announced the final closing of its most recent fund at $682 million. Longford’s assets under management now exceed $1.2 billion, placing it among the largest private equity firms focused on investments in legal assets.
Longford Capital Funds Patent Enforcement Campaign for University of California, Santa Barbara
Longford Capital, one of the largest providers of litigation finance in the world, is proud to announce that it is funding a patent enforcement campaign for University of California, Santa Barbara related to UC Santa Barbara’s groundbreaking filament LED technology.
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