Chief Investment Officer - Jeremy Marshall
Jeremy will oversee the due diligence on all cases that are to be funded by Winward and will manage the business.
Jeremy has been involved in every facet of litigation funding for well over a decade. Whilst in private practice, his cases were funded by the likes of Therium, Vannin and Woodsford. He has been a Senior Investment Manager with Omni Bridgeway, a director of its UK business and was the company’s representative for the Association of Litigation Funding. He has also been the Chief Investment Officer of Bentham Europe Limited (now Innsworth Advisors) which was a joint venture between IMF Bentham Limited and Elliott Management.
Jeremy is a regular speaker and contributor at industry events and has been recognised by the main legal directories.
Advisory Committee
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Stephen Auld KC
Chairman, Advisory Committee
Stephen undertakes a wide and varied range of commercial and chancery work often involving a number of different jurisdictions, with a particular emphasis on arbitration, banking and finance, civil fraud, complex contractual arrangements and complex shareholder disputes including group actions. "One of the best of the best. Excellent courtcraft and equally good with clients." Legal 500
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Wayne Attrill
Advisory Committee Member
Wayne spent 11 years with IMF Bentham (now Omni Bridgeway) as a Senior Investment Manager and a member of the Investment Committee. His professional career to date has focused on the effective origination, management (including the management of external legal resources), investment in, financing and resolution of litigation.
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Arndt Eversberg
Advisory Committee Member
Arndt is one of the most experienced litigation funders in Germany and beyond. In January 2000, he started at FORIS AG and from 2002-2012 he was the Managing Director of Allianz ProzessFinanz GmbH which became the European market leader in litigation funding. From 2012-21 he was the CEO of Roland ProzessFinanz AG which was ultimately purchased by Omni Bridgeway.
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Kees Jan Kuilwijk
Advisory Committee Member
Kees is a litigation and antitrust lawyer. He has over 25 years’ experience in competition matters, including advising on antitrust damages claims and counselling clients implicated in EU and national cartel investigations. Kees has acted on some of the largest cartel damages claims to date, including the Air Cargo, Elevators and Trucks litigation. Kees has lectured extensively on EU and competition law at various universities around Europe and is the author of several books and numerous articles on these subjects.
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Sean Upson
Advisory Committee Member
Named as one of the 2023 top 10 Influential Corporate Litigation Lawyers in London and described by The Legal 500 and Chambers as “a brilliant strategist”, “innovative” and “always on top of the detail” Sean specialised in complex commercial High Court and arbitral disputes whilst a partner in leading litigation practice Stewarts Law. He has significant experience with funding and funders, and has presented at several litigation funding forums.
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Philip Young
Advisory Committee Member
Named as a “Hot 100” by The Lawyer, Philip is a solicitor advocate and a founder of a boutique law firm. The Legal 500 says he is an ‘impressive litigator’, who is ‘very able, highly intelligent and extremely imaginative; he combines pure legal ability with outstanding commercial and strategic judgment’. Philip’s experience covers all aspects of the business of the Commercial Court, and he has significant experience of having worked with funders.
Co-insurers
Securing litigation finance is often only half the battle. Sufficient insurance may be an essential requirement. Winward has appointed Howden Broking Group Limited as its broker and Winward has agreed preferred terms with Arcadian Risk Capital Ltd and with Litica Ltd who will provide the necessary indemnities for adverse costs on a co-insured basis, subject to agreed terms.
