Adrian Chopin

Adrian is Co-Founder and Managing Director, leading Bench Walk Advisors’ London office, which he opened in 2017.

Combining a background in banking and law, Adrian has gained a reputation as one of the most creative and deal-oriented individuals in the industry, having funded more than 200 individual commercial cases during his career in litigation funding.

Prior to joining Bench Walk, Adrian founded a new litigation funding business for a large hedge fund, which he built into a market-leading, highly profitable and well-diversified business of over $100 million in under two years. Before entering the litigation funding market, Adrian was head of the Debt & Equity Solutions Group for Deutsche Bank, New York, where he ran a large number of ground-breaking structured finance and regulatory capital transactions. Adrian began his career at Magic Circle law firm Allen & Overy in London.

He is regularly acknowledged by leading global industry publications, including Chambers and Partners where he is ranked Band 1 in Litigation Support. He is among Law Dragon’s Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance and is recognised as a ‘Thought Leader: Third-Party Funding’ by Who’s Who Legal. Adrian has authored a series of articles on the structuring, pricing and risk analysis of litigation funding transactions.

Adrian holds a first class degree in Law and German Law from the University of Nottingham where he graduated top of his class and won various academic prizes.

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