On Monday, March 16 2015, Professor Manuel A. Gómez will present his article at the Centre for Financial Development Faculty of Law’s 23rd Corporate and Finance Law Seminar: Crowdfunded Justice: On the Potential Benefits and Challenges of Crowdfunding as a Litigation Financing Tool. The presenation takes place at the Warren Chan Moot Court, CUHK Graduate Law Centre in Hong Kong.
The article discusses the basic structure, variations in the types of crowdfunding financing, and the overall impact of crowdfunding, and the most important issues that arise in the context of alternative litigation finance. It also explains the main features of the emerging CLF sub-industry and examines the universe of recently launched crowdfunding campaigns geared towards seeking funding for litigated cases, with a brief discussion on the possible challenges that affect the development of CLF and how the sub-industry’s players are addressing them.