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LawFinance completes sale of JustKapital Litigation

Listed financier LawFinance has finalised the sale of its litigation funding business, JustKapital Litigation.

user iconJerome Doraisamy • 29 June 2021 • Big Law
LawFinance completes sale of JustKapital Litigation
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In a statement to the ASX on the evening of Thursday, 24 June, LawFinance (ASX: LAW) announced that it has completed the sale of JustKapital Litigation (JKL), which was approved by shareholders at a general meeting one month ago.

 
 

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The sale was first announced to the market in late January of this year, at which time LawFinance revealed that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell 100 per cent of shares in its litigation funding business to Legal Equity Partners Pty Ltd (LEP), in a deal that would equate to a debt and cash-free transaction value of approximately $10 million. Moreover, LawFinance would share in 50 per cent of any excess proceeds from funded cases, following repayment of the secured debt.

The decisions to sell JKL, LawFinance said at the time, was because it was “not in a strong enough capital position to constructively remain in and grow the litigation funding business” and because “the amount of debt secured against the cases and the continued requests for further funding of the cases has resulted in a lower probability of recovery than originally envisaged”.

In light of this, the listed entity proclaimed in January, it would need to sell JKL to enable it to continue pursuing the active cases, albeit under new ownership.

LawFinance chief executive Daniel Kleijn said at the time that the sale of JKL was “another step of de-risking the company while retaining a share in the upside, and ensuring our focus remains on businesses that have the potential of generating strong returns for shareholders”.

Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.

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