Woodsford announces US$100m commitment from major shareholder

19 November 2018: Woodsford has today announced that the family office of Chairman, Yves Bonavero, a major shareholder, has procured an increase in the family’s investment in Woodsford to US$100m to support the rapidly expanding business and taking the capital available to the business to several hundred million dollars

“Over the last eight years, Woodsford has developed into one of the world’s leading litigation funders. With the broad and expanding geographic footprint and breadth of expertise we now have within the executive team, we are well set to take advantage of the increasing number of attractive investment opportunities we see”, stated Yves. “This latest facility will give the business the firepower it needs to continue its rapid growth”, he added.

Read the full press release here.

Steven Savage2019-03-19T13:27:52+00:00November 19th, 2018|

Woodsford announces US$100m commitment from major shareholder

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