Bringing together legal and finance leaders to share best practices in managing litigation and arbitration cost and risk
Morgan Library, New york city
April 15, 2024
About the 2024 conference
The International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) hosts the legal industry’s premier annual conference to discuss the ongoing transformation in how corporate legal teams and law firms manage the cost and risk of their commercial litigation and arbitration. As the world’s only global trade association for commercial legal finance, ILFA organizes the industry’s most substantive events throughout the world for those whose businesses can benefit from commercial legal finance, with speakers and attendees drawn from top corporate legal departments, law firms and legal finance providers.
Location
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE historic Morgan Library
This stunning location provides an unforgettable backdrop to learn and network, with opportunities for conference guests to join tours of one of the world’s most significant collections of art and manuscripts and the iconic private office of Gilded Age financier J. P. Morgan.
Intro to the Morgan Library
Address
2024 Agenda
8:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
9:05 AM
State of the Industry
9:55 am
Coffee Break
10:05 am
CFOs & GCs on Optimizing Legal Value
10:50 am
Networking Break
11:15 am
The Judge Perspective
12:00 pm
Coffee Break
12:15 pm
Keynote Address
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:15 pm
Innovation Driving Growth in Big Law
3:00 pm
Networking Break
3:15 pm
Corporate IP Monetization
4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:15 pm
Insurance and Legal Finance as Two Sides of the Same Coin
5:00 pm
Cocktail Reception in Historic Morgan Library
Conference SPeakers INCLUDE
Rob Addy
BartlitBeck LLP
Gary Barnett
Executive Director, ILFA
Boaz Brickman
Senior Vice President, Legal at IPValue Management Inc.
Chris bogart
CEO, Burford Capital
Michael Bowe
Partner, Brown Rudnick
Marc Carmel
Member, Business Restructuring Services Department, McDonald Hopkins
Hon. Robert Dow
United States District Judge, Counselor to the Chief Justice
Ryan Dunigan
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Corning Optical Communications
Bill Farrell
Co-Founder, Managing Director, and General Counsel, Longford Capital
Kenneth R. Feinberg
Court-appointed Mediator
dai wai chin feman
Managing Director, Commercial Litigation and Corporate Counsel, Parabellum
Christopher Halmy
Former CFO, Ally Financial
Liz Hoffman
Business and Finance Editor, Semafor
Philip Iovieno
Co-chair, Antitrust Litigation Group, Cadwalader
Sarah johnson
Head of Litigation Investing, The D.E. Shaw Group
Michael E. Lackey
Partner, Mayer Brown
William R. LaFontaine, Jr.
Senior Advisor, Intellectual Property, IBM Corporation
Travis lenkner
Founder & CEO, Larkspur Partners
Craig Martin
Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher LLP
Kim S. Magyar
General Counsel, Retail Division, McLane Company, Inc.
michael perich
Senior Vice President, Head of Litigation Insurance, Lockton
Ryan Phair
Co-Chair, Antitrust and Competition Practice, Paul Hastings
neil purslow
Chief Investment Office, Therium
charles schmerler
Head of Litigation Finance, Pretium
Hon. Shira Scheindlin
U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York
Joshua Schmidt
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, InterDigital
Sam Sheldon
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Dom Spinelli
Head of Contingent & Litigation Risk for North America, VALE Insurance Partners
Hon. Ursula Ungaro
Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Raymond van Hulst
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Omni Bridgeway
katharine wolanyk
Managing Director, Burford Capital