Elena S. Rey

Elena S. Rey

PARTNER

London

P: +44 .20.7851.6101

esrey@brownrudnick.com

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AREA OF PRACTICE

Finance

Biography

Elena Rey heads the Firm’s Litigation Funding group and is a co-head of the European Special Situations team. Elena represents funders, private equity funds, family offices, law firms and claimants on complex cross border litigation funding, investment & special situations transactions, and is recognised by The Legal 500 as a leader in the litigation funding space.

Elena is a founder of the Firm’s annual European Litigation Funding conference held in London, as well as the Litigation Funding industry working group, which was created with the aim of preparing model documentation for the litigation funding market. Elena is also a co-author of the Loan Market Association book on real estate finance.

Elena is admitted to practice in England & Wales. She holds a master's degree from Harvard Law School and is fluent in French and Russian.

Education

Harvard Law School

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Bar Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales

Languages

Russian

French

News
"Brown Rudnick Shortlisted for Three 'Deals of the Year' at LexisNexis Legal Awards" (January 26, 2024)
"Questions Linger Over Plan To Ease Litigation-Funding Limits," Law360 (January 23, 2024)
"Brown Rudnick Advises NorthWall Capital on Litigation Funding Industry’s Largest Law Firm Financing" (October 3, 2023)
"In Multiple News Outlets, Partner Elena Rey Weighs In on Legal Developments for Litigation Funding Industry" (July 31, 2023)
"‘Unnecessary bedwetting’ – litigation funders moved to allay fears following Supreme Court blow," Legal Business (July 28, 2023)
"UK Supreme Court deals blow to litigation funding industry," Financial Times (July 26, 2023)
"Litigation funding agreements are DBAs, Supreme Court rules," Legal Futures (July 26, 2023)
“In Litigation Funding Magazine Article, Elena Rey and Tristan Dollie Examine Law Firm Borrowing” (November 23, 2022)
“In ThoughtLeaders4 Article, Elena Rey and Tristan Dollie Examine Litigation Funding of Class Actions” (October 6, 2022)
“Partner Elena Rey Discusses Brown Rudnick’s European Litigation Funding Conference in Litigation Funding Magazine” (September 9, 2022)
"Depp Attorneys Among Brown Rudnick Firmwide Promotions," Law360 (September 8, 2022)
"Brown Rudnick Names New Leaders Across the Firm," Brown Rudnick Press Release (September 7, 2022)
“Brown Rudnick Advises on £100M Litigation Funding Partnership Between North Wall Capital and PGMBM” (July 19, 2022)
"Hedge Funds Have Turned Lawsuit Bets Into a $39 Billion Industry," Bloomberg (November 15, 2021)
“Brown Rudnick Partners Christian Toms and Elena Rey Featured in The Law Society Gazette” (September 28, 2021)
"Ready to roll," The Law Society Gazette (September 27, 2021)
"Elena Rey Featured in The Legal 500 Guide as a Litigation Funding Key Player" (June 18, 2021)
“Brown Rudnick Represents North Wall Capital in £45-Million Litigation Funding Partnership with PGMBM” (March 29, 2021)
“Brown Rudnick Partner Elena Rey Interviewed for Litigation Finance Journal Podcast” (March 29, 2021)
“Elena Rey and Andrew Baker Published in Litigation Funding Magazine” (March 1, 2021)
"Brown Rudnick Launches Litigation Funding Working Group," Brown Rudnick Press Release (November 2, 2020)
“Brown Rudnick Elevates Four to Partnership,” Brown Rudnick Press Release (February 2, 2015)

Publications
Co-author, “Borrowed Time,” Litigation Funding Magazine (October 2022)
Co-author, "Class Assignment: Facilitating David vs. Goliath," ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine (October 3, 2022)
"In conference: Elena Rey reports from the first annual European Litigation Funding Conference," Litigation Funding Magazine (August 2022)
"European Litigation Funding Conference - Video Recordings," Brown Rudnick Briefings (May 22, 2022)
Co-author, "The Growth of Litigation Funding: What You Need to Know," Brown Rudnick Alert (April 9, 2021)
Co-author, "Class Assignment," Litigation Funding Magazine (February 2021)
Co-author, "Litigation Funding: The Growth of a New Asset Class," Intercontinental Finance & Law Magazine (October 2018)
"Litigation Funding Explained – a Roundtable Led by Brown Rudnick," Brown Rudnick Alert (July 24, 2018)

Speaking Engagements
"Ask the Experts: Tough Questions in Litigation Finance," LF Dealmakers \| European Edition (April 19, 2024)
"Litigation Funding Conference 2024," Brown Rudnick, London (March 14, 2024)
"Funding," Global Class Actions Symposium (November 13, 2023)
"Developments in Class Action and Group Litigation," IMN Annual International Litigation Finance Forum (October 19, 2023)
"Reviewing Recent Developments in Litigation Funding, Insurance and Potential Future Direction," ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes: Group Litigation and Class Actions (October 10, 2023)
"Identifying Recent Developments in Litigation Funding and Potential Future Direction," TL4 Competition Collective Actions Forum (June 6, 2023)
“The Importance of Proper Funding,” Perfect Law Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference (April 27, 2023)
"European Litigation Funding Conference 2023," Brown Rudnick, London (March 16, 2023)
"Collective actions against FIs," TL4 Disputes Financial Institutions Litigation Conference (January 19, 2023)
"Success Strategies: How to Get the Best Possible Deal When Seeking Funding," IMN International Litigation Finance Forum (October 18, 2022)
"Innovative Deal Terms and Structures," IMN International Litigation Finance Forum (October 18, 2022)
"European Litigation Funding Conference," Brown Rudnick, London (May 17, 2022)
"In Conversation With Ayse Lowe," Brown Rudnick Women in Business Series (March 17, 2022)
"Women in Business: In Conversation with Alexandra Tolstoy," Brown Rudnick Podcast (March 11, 2022)
"Innovative Approaches to Deal Structures," IMN Litigation Finance Virtual Series (March 24, 2021)
"Key Takeaways from LFJ’s Podcast with Elena Rey of Brown Rudnick," Litigation Finance Journal Podcast, Episode 56 (March 24, 2021)
"Trends in Litigation Finance Insurance and Innovative Insurance Structures," Brown Rudnick Webinar (March 22, 2021)
"Litigation Funding as a New Asset Class," Brown Rudnick Webinar (January 27, 2021)
"REF Certificate Course," Loan Market Association (January 29-31, 2020)
“Borrower Interview,” LMA Real Estate Finance Conference (May 9, 2019)
"Opportunities and Challenges for Investors in Litigation Funding," Brown Rudnick Roundtable (November 14, 2018)
Key speaker at a seminar for a leading European bank on the key terms and covenant packages in recent Eastern European financings (including major recent Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Croatian, as well as Kazakh and Azeri financings).
Elena is a regular speaker at the European Loan Market Association Real Estate Finance conferences.

Professional Affiliations
Member, London Loan Market Association

Awards and Honors
*The Legal 500 UK*, Property Finance, 2016-2018