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Today’s guest is Eva Shang, co-founder and CEO of Legalist, which is an institutional alternative asset management firm using data-driven technology to invest in credit assets at scale. Eva is a Thiel Fellow and participated in Y Combinator.

In today’s episode, Eva covers everything related to litigation finance. We walk through why the asset class exists, how it works, using AI to source deal flow, and more. Then we get into her thoughts on building an asset management firm and why she launched a Government Receivables strategy.

(1:17) Welcome to guest Eva Shang
(1:47) Overview of Litigation Finance
(5:04) Origin story of Legalist
(9:09) Typical litigation process
(21:49) The moneyball of litigation finance
(28:06) Expanding into other strategies
(37:07) Allocating to a litigation finance strategy
(40:58) Eva's most memorable investment

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