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Max Volsky

Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder

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Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2022
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2022

Amid broader market uncertainty, the LexShares team continues to appreciate the insulation that we believe investments in legal claims provide versus other traditional assets...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
4 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2022
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2022

Two bright spots for liquidity in the litigation finance industry took place this quarter with the announcements of a new secondary fund and a new market study...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2022
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2022

The first quarter of 2022 was highlighted by economic turbulence at the macro level and the publication of new research at the industry level...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
4 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q4 2021
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Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q4 2021

Commercial litigation finance continued to grow and evolve throughout 2021, highlighted by an overarching maturation of the asset class...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2021
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2021

Several high-profile funded matters in the United Kingdom and Australia were publicly disclosed during the third quarter...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
6 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2021
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Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2021

Litigation finance remained in the headlines throughout an eventful quarter, which saw several successful capital raises across the space...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
6 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2021
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Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2021

As the U.S. court system begins to address a significant backlog of civil cases, the litigation finance industry is showing continued signs of growth and maturity through the early months of 2021...

  • Cayse Llorens
    Cayse Llorens
  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q4 2020
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Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q4 2020

Throughout 2020, the litigation finance industry became even more deeply rooted in the U.S. legal system, as courts and bar associations continued to recognize the potential upside of increased access to third-party funding...

  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2020
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q3 2020

Over the course of an unprecedented year, the litigation finance landscape has remained highly active within the context of a sustained global pandemic, the emergence of a “new normal,” volatile but robust capital markets activity, and a unique U.S. presidential election...

  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2020
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q2 2020

The litigation finance industry occupied the forefront of legal and investor media coverage during the past quarter, as demand on both sides of the marketplace continued to increase due to ongoing capital market volatility...

  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2020
Investing

Litigation Finance Industry Outlook: Q1 2020

Even in a period of reduced liquidity, alongside a flight to assets such as U.S. dollars and government debt, investor demand for litigation related assets has remained strong--an assertion echoed by fellow litigation funders...

  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
How Do Litigation Funders Evaluate New Cases?
Financing Lawsuits

How Do Litigation Funders Evaluate New Cases?

Few things contribute more directly to the success of litigation funders and their investors than the steps taken to evaluate the cases they ultimately choose to finance. In assessing new investment opportunities, litigation..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
How Litigation Finance Can Benefit Law Firms with Arrears
Financing Lawsuits

How Litigation Finance Can Benefit Law Firms with Arrears

Wistfully gone are the days when attorneys could set up a successful law practice with nothing more than office space, a desk and chairs, an assortment of legal pads and pens, and a..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
Litigation Finance

Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018

The year 2017 was undoubtedly a landmark year for litigation finance. By all measures, last year’s story has been one of growth: A major consolidation of two leading players saw record deployments..

  • Jay Greenberg
    Jay Greenberg
  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
Looking Beyond the Almighty Billable Hour: Alternative Fee Arrangements
Financing Lawsuits

Looking Beyond the Almighty Billable Hour: Alternative Fee Arrangements

As mindful of precedent as attorneys and the legal profession must be, change does not often come easily. For many, billing clients by the hour has become as much a staple of the..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
2 min read
Eyeing the Beholder: Accounting for the Pivotal Role Judges Play in a Lawsuit
Litigation Finance

Eyeing the Beholder: Accounting for the Pivotal Role Judges Play in a Lawsuit

If the courtroom drama of a lawsuit could be reduced to the ever-shifting balance between Lady Justice's scales, the judge would be the fulcrum.  A judge maintains order over the proceeding and ensures..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Using Litigation Finance to Bring Your Cases With You to Solo Practice
Litigation Finance

Using Litigation Finance to Bring Your Cases With You to Solo Practice

It's a classic axiom applicable to nature and the traditional law firm structure alike: you eat what you kill.  While this adage, in its legal context, usually alludes to the heavily results-based reward..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
2 min read
How to Fund a Business Tort Lawsuit
Financing Lawsuits

How to Fund a Business Tort Lawsuit

As many daily headlines in the business sections of newspapers across the country will attest, business is not for the faint of heart.  Meticulously planned deals can fall through at the eleventh hour;..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
2 min read
4 Things Every Plaintiff Should Know About LexShares Litigation Finance
Litigation Funding

4 Things Every Plaintiff Should Know About LexShares Litigation Finance

1. Litigation finance from LexShares can help with your business or living expenses as well as cover out-of-pocket costs of litigation. Even the strongest case may not succeed if you or your business..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Evolving Opportunities for Litigation Finance in Germany, Singapore, and Hong Kong
Litigation Finance

Evolving Opportunities for Litigation Finance in Germany, Singapore, and Hong Kong

Mounting acceptance, availability, and reliance on litigation finance has made it progressively easier for claimants across the globe to obtain the funding they need to pursue their claims to just and equitable conclusions...

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
The Benefits of International Arbitration – and How Litigation Finance Can Help
Litigation Finance

The Benefits of International Arbitration – and How Litigation Finance Can Help

Although used as a method of dispute resolution as far back as Plato's time, arbitration has grown into a 21st-century institution. Especially on the international scene, where claimants range from individuals to nation..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
4 min read
How Does Sharing Information with Litigation Funders Affect the Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product Protection?
Attorney-Client Privilege

How Does Sharing Information with Litigation Funders Affect the Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product Protection?

The safeguards against discovery provided by the attorney-client privilege and attorney work-product protection have long been cornerstones of modern legal practice in the United States..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
8 min read
Diversification, Uncorrelated Assets, and Litigation Funding
Litigation Funding

Diversification, Uncorrelated Assets, and Litigation Funding

Financial advisors have always stressed the importance of mitigating risk by diversifying portfolios through investment in a wide range of uncorrelated assets. Nowhere is this point illustrated more saliently than in times of..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
Resources Matter When Bringing Investment Fraud Lawsuits
Financing Lawsuits

Resources Matter When Bringing Investment Fraud Lawsuits

By far, the most valuable commodity in an investor’s portfolio is trust.  All successful investors trade in it.  Trust in company financial reporting, executive statements, brokerage advice, and other public sources of..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
5 min read
How to Fund a Whistleblower or Qui Tam Lawsuit
Whistleblower Lawsuits

How to Fund a Whistleblower or Qui Tam Lawsuit

No matter how civilized society may seem, the sad truth is that malfeasance happens every day.  Yet only a small proportion of wrongdoings ever see the light of day, much less the full..

  • Max Volsky
    Max Volsky
3 min read
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