Third Party Funding

Gian Marco Solas is Legal and Business Development Counsel at Omni Bridgeway. He is an Italian lawyer with several years working experience in national and international law firms, in different businesses and in the EU institutions. He holds an LL.M. in European Law and a joint Ph.D. with thesis on the law and economics of Third Party Funding.

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. A Comparative Overview: 2. An historical overview; 3. Third party funding: a comparative legal and factual overview; Part II. An Economic Analysis: 4. The emergence of the litigation market and third party funding; 5. An economic analysis of third party funding; 6. Social impact of third party funding; Part III. Contractual, Regulatory and Policy Considerations: 7. Third party funding transactions and related proceedings; 8. Regulation of third party funding and other policy issues; 9. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

'Essentially this book presents a copiously researched study aimed at enabling readers to make at least a better-informed judgment of the advantages, or otherwise, of third party funding. It will almost assuredly pique the interest of academics and practitioners alike and anyone else seeking an enhanced understanding of the ins and outs, not to mention the rights and wrongs, of TPF [Third Party Funding]. Elizabeth Robson and Phillip Taylor, The Barrister