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Litigation funder IMF Bentham is acquiring Omni Bridgeway Holding B.V. (Omni Bridgeway) for up to €87.5 million (approx A$141 million) in total consideration. Omni Bridgeway is a leading funder of litigation, arbitration and enforcement proceedings focusing on civil law jurisdictions primarily in Continental Europe and Central Asia. Upfront consideration on completion to be funded by a fully underwritten A$139 million institutional placement and pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer. Omni Bridgeway is a leading provider of funding and specialised skills for litigation, arbitration and enforcement proceedings, and for the work-out and monetisation of claims and non-performing loans focusing on civil law jurisdictions […]

It is almost two months since Xenith IP was fully acquired by IPH. Up until this point, it was a competition between three ASX-listed intellectual property companies: IPH, Xenith and QANTM.  IPH was the first to list in November 2014. All three companies grew rapidly through acquisitions, leading to an incredible consolidation in the intellectual property services market. The latest combination between IPH and Xenith is the biggest of these combinations. In hindsight, a merger such as this was highly likely. Three companies listed on the ASX with effectively the same strategy and goals would have eventually led to a […]

The aggregate major findings from this second year (2017/18) of reporting are as follows: Female barristers received 5,739 or 25% and male barristers 17,431 or 75% of the total 23,170 briefs reported by briefing entities. Female barristers received $85,286,520 or 17% and male barristers $425,154,123 or 83% of the total $510,440,643 in fees reported by briefing entities. In other words, as a group, male barristers received approximately 3 times as many briefs and 5 times the value in brief fees as their female counterparts from equitable briefing entities. Barristers (senior and junior combined) reported that 274 (55%) of the junior […]