Bench Walk Maintain UK Band 1, While Moving to USA Band 2 IN Legal 500 2025 Rankings
Extract from commentary on UK rankings. First published by Legal 500 (trading as Legalease Ltd) on 23 Dec 2024.
“Bench Walk Advisors’ global portfolio spans an impressive range of disputes. The team notes a steady increase in competition cases and class actions, boasting a strong background funding cases against large, global corporations. The company continues to diversify its offering, with the provision of transactional funding to non-contentious teams and law firms. It also provides seed funding to new law firms and legal services businesses, in addition to offering facilities to service providers outside the legal industry. Managing director Adrian Chopin has an extensive track record in commercial litigation. Based in London, Ayse Yazir is global head of origination, and her funding expertise encompasses international and commercial arbitration, insolvency and class actions, as well as defence funding. Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu’s experience spans various jurisdictions and includes international arbitration, commercial litigation and class actions.”
Extract from commentary on US Rankings. First published by Legal 500 (trading as Legalease Ltd) on 23 Dec 2024.
“Secondary market transactions have been a recent area of focus for Bench Walk Advisors, placing it at the forefront of development within the industry. The company offers a diverse range of financing arrangements, including law firm and portfolio funding and defence funding. Arbitration is another particular area of expertise for the team, which provides facilities for mass arbitration funding. Co-founder and managing director Stuart Grant enjoys a leading reputation in the industry and brings to the team extensive experience in corporate governance matters and securities litigation. Nick Sage, vice president, is another key team member in the US and excels in internal due diligence and the negotiation of funding arrangements.”
The 2025 Legal 500 Litigation Funding rank was awarded by Legalease Ltd on 23 December for the time period covering 1 November 2023- 23 December 2024. No compensation was provided in connection with obtaining or using this third-party ranking or award.