Omni Bridgeway : International Arbitration Funding

International

Arbitration

Funding

Dispute finance from case inception through post-judgment enforcement and recovery

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International arbitration is costly and complicated.

Affording to engage in it doesn't have to be.

Financial Solutions Designed for Complex Problems

Our funding is non-recourse, which means that parties using it only repay us from the recoveries from any successful arbitration award or litigation.

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What we offer		What we fund

Funding for Claimants and Counsel

Omni Bridgeway provides arbitration funding to claimants and counsel. For claimants, we act as vital partners bridging the gap between having a claim that could yield recoveries and having the risk- mitigated means to pursue it.

Commercial Arbitration Matters

CLAIMANTS

Affording expensive legal fees

Claimants use our funding to cover legal fees for a single arbitration or portfolios containing multiple arbitration matters or a mix of commercial litigation and arbitration matters. Tapping outside capital from Omni Bridgeway allows our clients to engage in business as usual throughout the lengthy arbitration process without being financially burdened with the expense of pursuing their claims.

Enforcing Awards

Omni Bridgeway also helps claimants collect on hard-won arbitration awards. Our team offers unmatched asset tracing and recovery experience, providing the assistance claimants need to prepare for and overcome the final obstacle in their dispute resolution journeys.

COUNSEL

Sharing Risk with Clients

For counsel representing Omni Bridgeway-funded claimants, we provide a vehicle for sharing risk with clients without assuming debt or compromising the quality of the representation. Our funding allows a firm to be paid a portion of its fees throughout each matter, plus retain the potential of upside when the client prevails in the arbitration.

Monetizing Portfolios of Claims

We also provide non-recourse funding directly to either claimants or law firms seeking to monetize portfolios of three or more arbitration claims, or a combination of affirmative arbitration and commercial litigation claims. Claimants often use our portfolio funding to finance claims across their business units. Law firms use it to offer flexible fee arrangements and to provide competitive prices to clients while mitigating risk.

Investment Treaty Disputes

Award

Enforcement

Award Execution/ Monetization

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Market

Recognition

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS

The only Band 1 Australia, South East Asia, Canada (2021, 2022)

The only Band 1 Middle East (2022)

The only Band 1 Asia-Pacific (2019, 2020) Band 1 Europe (2021, 2022)

Band 1 USA (2018-2022) Band 1 Latin America (2022)

Band 1 Global Asset Tracing & Recovery (2020-2022)

Band 1 International Arbitration (2022)

WHO'S WHO LEGAL

Twenty-three Omni Bridgeway team members recognized as thought leaders in WWL: Thought Leaders - Third Party Funding 2022.

One recognized in 2022 WWL: Arbitration.

Accessing financing

Assistance when you need it

Omni Bridgeway offers financing for arbitration matters at any stage in the dispute resolution process. It can be used to finance domestic and international commercial arbitration matters, investment treaty disputes and award enforcement.

As international arbitration increasingly becomes the preferred dispute resolution mechanism for complex cross-border disputes, Omni Bridgeway offers financial solutions for these expensive proceedings.

Capital you can trust

When seeking funding, it's critical to partner with a financially stable disputes financier that has adequate capital on hand and the authority to decide how to invest it. Omni Bridgeway's sizeable investment funds can help. We have approximately AUD$3 billion1 in capital to finance disputes and enforcement proceedings of significant size and complexity throughout the world.

We substantiate our financial capacity with transparency: Omni Bridgeway is a publicly-traded company. We provide significant financial information to the public via our website, including annual and quarterly reports and investor presentations.

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1. After full establishment of Fund 8.

How we work

Our process

Our highly experienced arbitration funding team dives into a matter, assessing its merits, providing strategic guidance where desired, and - most importantly - deploying the capital needed to carry the matter through to its best outcome.

Omni Brideway's funding process involves three simple stages:

OPPORTUNITY	DILIGENCE	INVESTMENT
ASSESSMENT

Initial review of case information upon execution of an NDA and term sheet negotiation

In-depth discussion and review of the merits and economics of the case

Execution of the funding agreement, deployment of capital and monitoring of investment through case resolution

Typical uses

1 Legal fees and costs for expensive arbitration

2 Security for costs and adverse cost awards

3 Monetization of arbitration assets for business purposes

4 Working capital

5 Preservation of resources

6 Removal of the cost of arbitration from the income statement

7 Award enforcement proceedings

• Award execution/monetization

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