Deminor is pleased to announce the appointment of David Walker as Deputy CIO. His new role reflects the significant growth of our litigation funding portfolio and our ambitions for the years to come. David has been working with Deminor for more than 4 years, steering our international arbitration funding practice while working on several other investments within the UK jurisdictions. In addition to his new responsibilities, David will continue leading Deminor's activities for the UK. David will join Deminor's Investment Committee as observer.
The Investment Committee has also welcomed a new permanent member, Professor Jack J. Coe Jr., Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the LL.M. Program in International Commercial Arbitration at Pepperdine Law School. Jack has been admitted to practice in California and Washington State and is a specialist in international commercial arbitration and arbitration involving States. He has acted on several occasions as party–appointed and institutionally designated arbitrator, and has arbitrated under UNCITRAL Rules. He has also been retained as consultant to parties in commercial or investor-state arbitrations, under various rule formulae, and has filed expert declarations in both federal courts and in investor-state arbitrations.
Charles Demoulin, Chairman of the Investment Committee, commented on those appointments:
"In order to seize an increasing number of opportunities provided by a higher demand for our funding services, we have decided to add resources to the senior level of our organisation. I am very pleased to start a closer collaboration with David whose expertise and funding skills will contribute to the quality of our underwriting process. I am also grateful for Jack's valuable presence on our Investment Committee. With his broad experience in the complex international arbitration world and his renowned academic background, Jack is in a unique position to enable Deminor to select the right funding opportunities."
