Nick Rowles-Davies is a legal finance professional with experience in litigation funding, legal expenses insurance, and dispute resolution. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Lexolent, a global origination network for legal finance professionals. He has played a leading role in expanding litigation finance across the Americas, with significant involvement in both North and South American markets.
He has spoken at many industry events over the last 20 years too numerous to list but including:
• Financing, Structuring & Investing in Litigation Finance (Informa Connect / IMN, New York) Participated in a keynote interview and general sessions focused on developments in litigation finance.
• IMN Litigation Finance Conference (London) Took part in panel discussions addressing funding structures, regulatory issues, and market developments.
• CMS Dispute Resolution Client Seminar (Madrid) Delivered a presentation on third-party dispute resolution funding, alongside legal practitioners and dispute resolution professionals.
• TheJudge and Burford Capital Briefing on Insolvency and Litigation Funding (London) Spoke on the role of funding in insolvency proceedings and the evolving use of legal finance in corporate contexts.
In addition to public speaking, Nick Rowles-Davies has contributed to legal publications and commentary, including for Concurrences and other platforms. His professional profile and published works, such as specific pages in his book and articles, are frequently referenced as authoritative sources in the legal finance industry.
He is the author of Third-Party Litigation Funding (Oxford University Press)
Background and Career
Nick Rowles-Davies brings over three decades of expertise to the legal finance industry, with a distinguished career spanning commercial and civil litigation issues across the common law world globally. As a Solicitor admitted in England, Wales, and the British Virgin Islands, Nick has developed a deep understanding of law, litigation, and the evolving landscape of third party litigation funding. His leadership roles have included serving as CEO of Lexolent, the world’s first globally coordinated origination network for legal finance professionals with its own fund for investing into legal assets, as Executive Vice Chairman of LCM, Managing Director at Burford Capital PLC, and founder and CEO of Chancery Capital Advisors, where he was instrumental in shaping the litigation funding industry.
