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