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August 05, 2016 | International Edition

King & Wood Mallesons scores on West Brom sale

KWM leads on the sale of west Midlands football club to Chinese investment group.
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August 01, 2016 | International Edition

Four firms land roles on restructuring and sale of troubled oil explorer Gulf Keystone

Freshfields, Paul Hastings, Memery Crystal and Akin Gump take roles on the restructuring and possible sale of Gulf Keystone
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December 09, 2015 |

Clifford Chance Settles With Funder of Failed Excalibur Case

In the latest twist in a bizarre saga of litigation funding gone awry, Clifford Chance has agreed to pay a confidential amount to settle a negligence suit threatened by a litigation funder that bankrolled a disastrous case handled by the U.K. law firm.
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December 09, 2015 | Law.com

Clifford Chance Settles With Funder of Failed Excalibur Case

In the latest twist in a bizarre saga of litigation funding gone awry, Clifford Chance has agreed to pay a confidential amount to settle a negligence suit threatened by a litigation funder that bankrolled a disastrous case handled by the U.K. law firm.
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January 01, 2015 |

New Risks for U.K. Litigation Funders

A litigation funder is found liable for costs tied to trial abuses by a plaintiff it backed.
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October 23, 2014 |

Excalibur Litigation Funders Take Another Hit

A London judge ruled that a group of litigation funders must ante up an additional $7.7 million for a failed cased brought by an obscure entity called Excalibur Ventures that was represented by Clifford Chance. That brings their total legal tab to date to $57.7 million.
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Funders May Be Liable in Failed Excalibur Case
Publication Date: 2013-12-16
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Things have gone from bad to worse for tiny Excalibur Ventures, and for the litigation funders that backed its failed $1.65 billion lawsuit against a group of U.S. oil companies.

September 10, 2013 |

Excalibur Suit Shows Litigation Funding at Its Riskiest

A $1.65 billion international dispute provides a window into a secretive world.
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Jones Day Defeats $1.65B Mega-Suit over Iraq Oil Rights
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
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One of the largest and costliest matters backed by outside litigation funding — an ambitious $1.65 billion lawsuit brought by two American brothers — met its demise on Tuesday.

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