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Investment Manager, Legal Counsel

Location: New York, NY
Job Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Company: Omni Bridgeway

About Omni Bridgeway:

Omni Bridgeway is a publicly listed company on the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) (ASX:OBL) since 2001 and has professionals around the world managing a global investment portfolio of legal assets.

We have a highly experienced team of 160+ specialists in law, intelligence, and finance with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems. We work with individual claimants, law firms, corporations, sovereigns, and multilateral institutions.

Our team assesses investments and enforcement opportunities arising in nearly every region, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the UK and the US. We have funded hundreds of cases to completion, offering disputes financing and judgment enforcement capability and experience that is unsurpassed in the industry. We are currently looking to add Investment Managers to our US team based in New York and welcome candidates who meet our criteria to apply. For more information, see our job overview and criteria below and visit our website at www.omnibridgeway.com.

About the Role:

The role of Investment Manager is to originate, assess, and manage litigation assets. Responsible for conducting comprehensive case assessments, the Investment Manager collaborates with legal experts to gauge the merits and risks of each case, conducting, with our Pricing and Structuring team, financial analyses to determine economic viability and potential returns on investment.

The Investment Manager is also responsible for negotiating and structuring funding agreements and ensuring compliance with investment budgets. This role demands continuous monitoring of legal landscapes, collaborative efforts with legal teams, and effective communication of investment decisions to internal and external stakeholders, all aimed at optimizing the profitability and risk profile of the funder's investments.

In this role, the Investment Manager will continue to develop an understanding of legal processes, financial analysis, and risk management within the context of litigation funding and the ability to collaborate closely with legal teams, financial analysts and other internal and external stakeholders.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Undertaking business, legal and/or financial analysis of relevant markets, market conditions or other issues as directed
• Conducting due diligence on prospective funding opportunities (including analyzing financial and legal issues, communicating directly with claimants and their counsel, and conducting factual investigations), preparing and negotiating term sheets
• Providing recommendations as to the appropriateness of funding matters and preparing and presenting submissions to the Investment Committee
• Managing funded cases by maintaining client and lawyer communications, monitoring case progress and developments, conferring on strategic issues, considering settlement issues, and managing litigation fees and expenses
• Performing marketing activities including meeting and speaking with lawyers/law firms, in-house corporate counsel, and other prospective work sources, presenting at conferences/seminars/meetings, writing blogs and articles for publication, and speaking with the media where necessary
• Liaising with industry and other stakeholders as required
  

Key Role Technical and Behavioral Competencies:

• Strategic, decisive, and results-oriented
• Ability to liaise with cross-border teams
• Enjoys working in fast paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and work ethic
  

Required Skills and Experience

• A J.D. and 4-10 or more years of litigation experience
• Superior academic credentials
• High-level litigation and analytical skills with trial experience desirable
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written communication skills
• Good public speaking skills and experience
• Marketing or business development experience
• Strong financial and business acumen
• The ability to be self-motivated, results-driven, and thorough
  

Why Join Omni Bridgeway?

Be part of a global leader in litigation finance and legal innovation
Collaborate with top-tier professionals and external consultants
A dynamic, fast-moving environment that values expertise and initiative

Omni Bridgeway is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive workplace.