Our Team
Calunius Capital was founded by Mark Wells and Mick Smith in January 2007. Leslie Perrin joined as Chairman in January 2009 and Christian Stuerwald completed the partner team in January 2010. The combined Litigation Funding experience of the team members covers more than 20 years.
The people at Calunius Capital comprise a formidable multi-disciplinary and multi-national team. All Calunius Capital people are thoroughly familiar with the demands of working in an international framework. They include lawyers and investment bankers, with backgrounds in the arts and sciences and degrees in law, mathematics, philosophy and engineering, all focussed on the fascinating process of assessing the value of the contingent asset that is a litigation claim.
Calunius Capital prides itself on its transparent dealings, emphasising a deal-making approach. We aim to nourish positive and constructive relationships with all stakeholders in the funded disputes space, including Claimants, law firms, insurers and co-funders.
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Calunius Capital in the media -
2012
Herbert Smith - 25 January 2012
Litigation powerhouse, Herbert Smith, recently held a seminar to discuss how anticipated changes to the costs and funding regime are likely to change the litigation landscape. Calunius chairman Leslie Perrin, was one of the speakers along with Lord Justice Jackson. Here is a copy of Herbert Smith’s bulletin following the seminar and a link to a fuller version of the report on Herbert Smith’s "litigation notes" blog.
Effective regulation is key to the sustainability of litigation funding - 20 January 2012
A report to be published later this month by researchers at the University of Oxford comes to the conclusion that litigation funding is useful in granting access to justice; the report further addresses the question whether effective regulation is needed within the sector to protect the integrity of all parties. Calunius participated in the market survey carried out by the researchers and we hope that with the help of the newly established Association of Litigation Funders, third party funders will agree to abide by the new Code of Conduct for Litigation Funding. For further information, please refer to the University’s website.
5 January 2012
If you are fortunate enough to subscribe to Global Arbitration Review you can read an article by Calunius’ Christian Stuerwald and Mick Smith deliberating the Fuchs and Kardassopoulos v Georgia ICSID case. It is unusual that details of an investment treaty claim supported by litigation funding are released into the public domain.
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