Leadership
David Gallagher
Co-Founder &
Managing Director
Ajit Singh
Co-Founder &
Managing Director
Andrew Curtis
Director
David Gallagher co-founded LitFund after eight years in the litigation finance business and eleven years as a litigator. David was most recently Co-Head of Litigation Investing at the D. E. Shaw group, a strategy he helped launch 2018, building a front-office team, working with legal, compliance, investor relations, and other internal groups to develop policies and procedures, and co-managing the entire investment process. David sat on the board of the International Legal Finance Association from 2021-2023. David was previously an investment manager at Omni Bridgeway and a litigator at Akin Gump. David earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M. Phil. from Oxford University, and a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. He is currently licensed to practice law in the State of California. In his spare time, David sometimes enjoys being the compliance officer, interior designer, and window washer at his wife’s Pilates studio.
David is recognized as a Global 100 Leader in Litigation Finance by Lawdragon and ranked by Chambers and Partners.
Ajit Singh co-founded LitFund after eleven years in the litigation finance business and four years in finance. Ajit was most recently VP/Head of Engagement at Law Finance Group, where he was responsible for all aspects of business development, managed the origination team, was a member of the Executive Committee, co-led the Pricing Committee, and sat alongside the Investment Committee. Ajit earned a J.D. from Southwestern Law School and a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate with a minor in Economics from Ohio State University. He is currently licensed to practice law in the State of California. Ajit enjoys golfing, traveling, chasing after his energetic toddler...and relaxation.
Ajit is recognized as a Global 100 Leader in Litigation Finance by Lawdragon and ranked by Chambers and Partners.
Andrew Curtis is a Director specialized in post-judgment financing including mass torts, anti-trust, securities and other commercial cases. He has over eight years of experience in litigation finance, previously serving as Funding Director at Law Finance Group. Andrew also worked in the technology space and began his career as a litigator.
Additionally, Andrew serves as a board member for Huckleberry Youth Programs, a non-profit organization, and as a San Francisco native, he is passionate about empowering the city's youth. He earned a J.D. from McGeorge School of Law and a B.A. in English from UCLA. A licensed attorney since 2009, Andrew is currently licensed to practice law in the State of California. If he’s not hunting for old bourbons, Andrew is most likely slicing golf balls off the tee and testing out new clubs that will hopefully lower his handicap.
Andrew is recognized as a Global 100 Leader in Litigation Finance by Lawdragon.
Underwriting Panel
Dan Bush
Dan is a veteran of the litigation funding industry and an attorney experienced in both commercial and public practice. Most recently, Dan served as Chief Investment Officer and Director of Innovation at Law Finance Group, overseeing underwriting and risk management. In this capacity, he helped navigate product development and investment functions from the ground up. Dan’s commercial representation focuses on patent litigation and technology licensing, and he previously served as a supervising Staff Attorney at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Dan earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. in Philosophy summa cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he won the Francis W. Gramlich Philosophy Prize.
Sean Colenso-Semple
Sean clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and served as Legal Adviser to Judge O. Thomas Johnson of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague. Sean also advised on international commercial arbitrations and investor-State disputes in which Judge Johnson served on the arbitral tribunal. Early in his career, Sean was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Sean earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. from New York University, and a B.A. from Columbia University. He is currently licensed to practice law in the State of New York.
Robert Liubicic
Robert is a veteran commercial litigator with more than 20 years of experience handling a wide variety of high-dollar business disputes. Robert was most recently a partner at Milbank LLP, where his practice focused on investment management, securities, bankruptcy, business torts, corporate governance, and SEC regulatory litigation. Robert earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar, and a B.S. from Cornell University. He was a law clerk to Judges Robert Katzmann and Wilfred Feinberg of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He is currently licensed to practice law in the States of New York and California.
Independent Investment Committee Member
Andrew Saker
Andrew provides strategic and corporate advice to a number of businesses, primarily located in the United States, in relation to strategy and business performance. Several of Andrew’s clients are litigation fund managers and capital providers. Prior to Andrew’s current role, Andrew was the CEO and Managing Director of Omni Bridgeway Limited (OBL) from January 2015. Andrew led OBL through its geographic expansion, product diversification and strategic transformation, migrating its business model from a capital provider to a fund manager. In 2019 Andrew led the merger and integration of OBL’s European operations, to facilitate the growth of OBL to the largest litigation funding team in the world and the global leader in financing and managing legal risks. Andrew retired from OBL in October 2023. Andrew saw the market capitalization of OBL increase 8X and enter the ASX200 during his tenure. Until his appointment at OBL, Andrew was a registered liquidator and Official Liquidator in the Supreme and Federal Courts of Australia, and a partner of Australia’s largest boutique insolvency and restructuring firm for over 16 years. Andrew has lived and worked in the United States, Asia and Australia.