Dr Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu

Dr. Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu works at Bench Walk Advisors, overseeing the due diligence process for proposed funding cases, negotiating funding arrangements, and managing subsequent cases. He has been recognised in Who's Who Legal 2024 Thought Leaders - Third Party Funding and named among the Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance for the second consecutive year. Additionally, he serves as the co-chair of the Third-Party Funding Group at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a member of the organising committee for Istanbul Arbitration Days. Dr. Azizagaoglu holds a PhD in Private International Law and has authored many articles and contributed to publications in the fields of private international law, arbitration, and third-party funding.

Co-author 'The implications for international disputes; and what the UK can learn from the PACCAR decision', 2024

Co-author ‘Summaries of Arbitration-Related Decisions From the English Courts in 2019’, 18 December 2020.

Co-author ‘Access to International Arbitration and Third-Party Funding in Kosovo’, (This article is jointly presented with Michelman & Robinson LLP), 12 August 2021.

Co-author ‘The Assessment of Fraudulent Claims in Indemnity Insurance Contracts in the Light of English Insurance Law’, 30 June 2022.

Co-author ‘The Definition and Scope of the Safe Port Obligation under Charterparty Agreements in the Light of English Common Law’, 24 July 2022.

Funding International Arbitration, published by Globe Law and Business, 2024

Conferences

South Eastern Europe Arbitration Conference (SEEA), Monetizing Awards: Asset Tracing and Case Funding in Today’s Legal Landscape, 26 September 2024

Istanbul Arbitration Days, Sovereigns & States Disputes, 18 April 2024

Exton Advisors, The Singapore Litigation Funding Conference, 5 March 2024

London International Disputes Week, Third-party funding in investment treaty disputes, May 2023

ThoughtLeaders4, Sovereign & States Disputes and Enforcement, 25 January 2023

The Balkan Arbitration Conference, Funding Arbitration: Making the Fight Affordable, 29 September 2022.

Seminars

Alaco, Litigation Funding and Asset Tracing, 29 February 2024

Boies Schiller Flexner, Rapid Fire Q&A: Challenging and Enforcing Arbitral Awards, 13 March 2023

Clyde & Co, How to make a case more fundable?, 17 November 2022

Guest Lecturer

Özyeğin University, Faculty of Law, Arbitration Clinic, Third Party Funding in Arbitration, 15 May 2022

Young ISTAC, Tahkim Alanında Kariyer Nasıl Yapılır?, 10 September 2022

Queen Mary University of London, Jurisdiction Clauses and Direct Action Claims, 22 October 2024

• Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance 2023.

• Co-chair of the Third-Party Funding Group at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

• Who's Who Legal 2024 Thought Leaders - Third Party Funding

• Organizing Committee member for Istanbul Arbitration Days.