NEW
YORK and DENVER,
May 13,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lex Ferenda Litigation
Funding LLC "LF2" is pleased to announce the
following promotion and appointment: Andrew
Kelley is now LF2's Deputy Chief Investment
Officer; Andrew Bourhill joins
LF2 as Associate Director, Investments. Kelley
previously served as Managing Director, Underwriting and Risk.
Bourhill, who was an intern at the company while completing
his MBA at Columbia Business School,
graduated this month and now joins on a full-time basis.
"LF2 has been working on its first investment fund,
committing it to litigation assets around the US. It has always
been our plan to increase our commitments to Andrew and Andrew, and
we are pleased that the business is in a place that we are able to
do that," said Chris Baildon,
LF2's Chief Operating Officer.
PROMOTION
Kelley, who now serves as the Company's Deputy Chief Investment
Officer, is a key part of the management team and works carefully
with the co-founders and advisory board to understand risk and
manage investments.
"I am excited to expand my role at LF2 and look
forward to continuing to help our clients and their counsel
successfully navigate the dispute resolution process without having
to worry about how to pay for their representation," said Kelley.
"As a former outside counsel and in-house lawyer, I understand the
complex business and legal dynamics of successfully funding,
prosecuting, and resolving disputes."
Prior to joining LF2 in early 2023, Kelley was
Associate General Counsel and head of commercial litigation at
Fortune 500 company, DaVita Inc.. He has also served as
General Counsel to a private equity firm headquartered
in Colorado and as outside counsel at two different
international law firms in Colorado. Kelley received his J.D.
from Harvard Law School and his B.A. from the
University of Colorado, Boulder. He is
actively licensed to practice law in Colorado.
APPOINTMENT
Bourhill joins as Associate Director, Investments, and will be
primarily responsible for creating, developing, and maintaining
business relationships with law firms and litigants to ensure that
LF2's commercial activity continues to expand while its
clients receive best-in-class service.
"I am looking forward to joining the LF2 team and
applying my unique perspective in a dynamic industry with such high
growth potential," said Bourhill. "As a former litigator and
finance professional, I'm excited to enhance outcomes for both our
clients and investors while being able to promote access to high
quality legal representation."
Prior to obtaining his MBA, Bourhill was an associate attorney
at a premier defense law firm in Manhattan specializing in commercial
litigation. Bourhill received his J.D. from the Cardozo School of
Law, and his B.A. from Emory
University. He is actively licensed to practice law in
New York.
"I am humbled to have Kelley and Bourhill take expanded roles at
LF2 and believe that their increased fidelity with our
clients and investors will make our business stronger," said
Michael German, Chief Investment
Officer at LF2. "We are continuing to expand in the
litigation finance space and are excited about the future,
particularly with Andrew and Andrew playing strategic roles within
the business," German said.
ABOUT LEX FERENDA LITIGATION FUNDING
LF2 is a commercial litigation finance company
anchored by institutional capital. LF2 is
structured with the objective of meeting the highest standards in
investment process management, quality control, risk management,
and compliance. For further information about LF2,
please visit: www.lf-2.com.
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